What is "offinso"

Offinso, the once capital of Offinso District is a town in the Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana - the town is about fifteen minutes drive from Kumasi, the capital of the Region; due to Offinso's proximity to Kumasi, many of the Offinso natives have relocated to Kumasi.

The indigenous people are Asantes (Asantefoɔ) thus the dominance of Asante Culture in the town.

Offinso is the anglicised version of 'ɔfenso'. The town was named after the River Ofe (ɔfe in Asante) which serves as the boundary for the Offinso South Municipality and Ahenkro, a town in the Afigya Sekyere District also in Ashanti Region.