Mpraeso

Mpraeso
Town
Mpraeso is located in Ghana
Mpraeso
Mpraeso
Location of Mpraeso in Eastern Region, Ghana
Coordinates: 6°34′48″N 0°43′47″W / 6.58000°N 0.72972°W / 6.58000; -0.72972
Country Ghana
Region Eastern Region
DistrictKwahu South District
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
11,190[1]
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

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]

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. ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  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. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  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. ^ Boahen, Adu (1975). Ghana: evolution and change in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. London: Longman. ISBN 0-582-60065-0.
  6. ^ "In Ghana, Pottery is Women's Work". Studio Potter. Retrieved 2009-03-18.