Mpraeso

Mpraeso

Mpraeso

Town in Eastern Region, Ghana

Mpraeso is a town and the capital of Kwahu South district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana,[2] located at an altitude of 367 m on the Kwahu Plateau, which forms the south-west boundary of Lake Volta. Mpraeso has a 2013 settlement population of 11,190 people.[1]

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Politics

Mpraeso is in the Mpreaso Constituency led by Hon. Davis Opoku Ansah, a member of the New Patriotic Party.[3]

Geography

The headwaters of the Pra River are near Twenedurase.

Education

Mpraeso Secondary School (MPASS) is in Mpraeso .[4]

Mining

The discovery of Bauxite near Mpraeso, announced in 1924, led to the development of the Bauxite mining industry along the Volta River.[5]

Arts

Mpraeso is famous for manufacturing pottery, particularly for its grinding bowls: shallow dishes with strong, inverted rims and ridges on the interior used to grind vegetables using a small wooden pestle.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  2. [2]
    Bureau, Communications. "President Akufo-Addo Inspects €4 Million Atibie Hospital Project; $77 Million Mpraeso-onyimso Road". www.presidency.gov.gh. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  3. [3]
    "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  4. [4]
    "Mpraeso Secondary School". Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  5. [5]
    Boahen, Adu (1975). Ghana: evolution and change in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. London: Longman. ISBN 0-582-60065-0.
  6. [6]
    "In Ghana, Pottery is Women's Work". Studio Potter. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
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