The Juaboso district is one of the nine districts in the western north region, was created out of the Sefwi Wiawso District in 1988 with Legislative Instrument (LI) 1473.  In 2004 when Bia District was created, Legislative Instrument (LI) 1744 re-established the Juaboso District Assembly. Currently the Juaboso District Assembly derives its legal mandate from Legislative Instrument (LI) 2020 following the creation of Bodi District in 2012.