Mpraeso

Mpraeso
Town
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; -0.72972Coordinates: 6°34′48″N 0°43′47″W / 6.58000°N 0.72972°W / 6.58000; -0.72972
Country	Ghana
Region	Eastern Region
District	Kwahu South District
Population (2013)
• Total	11,190^[1]
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	GMT (UTC)

Mpraeso is a town and the capital of Kwahu South district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana, 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]

Geography

The headwaters of the Pra River are near Mpraeso.

Education

Mpraeso Secondary School (MPASS) is in Mpraeso .^[2]

Mining

The discovery of Bauxite near Mpraeso, announced in 1924, led to the development of the Bauxite mining industry along the Volta River.^[3]

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.^[4]

References

1 2 "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
↑ "Mpraeso Secondary School". Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
↑ Boahen, Adu (1975). Ghana: evolution and change in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. London: Longman. ISBN 0-582-60065-0.
↑ "In Ghana, Pottery is Women's Work". Studio Potter. Retrieved 2009-03-18.

Cities and towns of Ghana by population

2,000,000+	Kumasi (Ashanti) Accra (Greater Accra)

1,000,000+	Sekondi-Takoradi (Western) Tamale (Northern)

800,000+	Sunyani (Brong-Ahafo) Cape Coast (Central) Obuasi (Ashanti) Koforidua (Eastern)

100,000+	Tema (Greater Accra) Techiman (Brong-Ahafo) Ashiaman (Greater Accra) Teshie (Greater Accra) Madina (Greater Accra) Wa (Upper West)

80,000+	Ho (Volta) Nungua (Greater Accra) Lashibi (Greater Accra) Dome (Greater Accra) Gbawe (Greater Accra) Kasoa (Central)

60,000+	Ejura (Ashanti) Taifa (Greater Accra) Bawku (Upper East) Aflao (Volta) Agona Swedru (Central) Bolgatanga (Upper East) Tafo (Ashanti) Berekum (Brong-Ahafo) Nkawkaw (Eastern) Akim Oda (Eastern) Winneba (Central)

40,000+	Hohoe (Volta) Yendi (Northern) Suhum (Eastern) Kintampo (Brong-Ahafo) Adenta East (Greater Accra) Nsawam (Eastern) Mampong (Ashanti) Konongo (Ashanti)

20,000+	Asamankese (Eastern) Wenchi (Brong-Ahafo) Savelugu (Northern) Agogo (Ashanti) Anloga (Volta) Prestea (Western) Effiakuma (Western) Tarkwa (Western) Elmina (Central) Dunkwa-on-Offin (Central) Begoro (Eastern) Kpandu (Volta) Navrongo (Upper East) Axim (Western) Apam (Central) Salaga (Northern) Saltpond (Central) Akwatia (Eastern) Shama (Western) Keta (Volta) Nyakrom (Central) Bibiani (Western) Somanya (Eastern) Assin Foso (Central)

5,000+	Aburi (Eastern) Mumford (Central) Bechem (Brong-Ahafo) Duayaw Nkwanta (Brong-Ahafo) Kade (Eastern) Anomabu (Central) Akropong (Eastern) Kete Krachi (Volta) Kibi (Eastern) Kpandae (Northern) Mpraeso (Eastern) Akim Swedru (Eastern) Aboso (Western) Bekwai (Ashanti)

Regional capitals in bold Kumasi Accra Sekondi-Takoradi Tamale Sunyani Cape Coast Koforidua Wa Ho Bolgatanga Administrative Divisions of Ghana Regions of Ghana Districts of Ghana Parliament Constituencies of Ghana Settlements in Ghana

Districts and Capitals of the Eastern Region of Ghana

Municipal	Akuapim South Municipal (Capital: Nsawam) Birim Central Municipal (Capital: Akim Oda) East Akim Municipal (Capital: Kibi) New-Juaben Municipal (Capital: Koforidua) Kwahu West Municipal (Capital: Nkawkaw) West Akim Municipal (Capital: Asamankese)

District	Akuapim North (Capital: Akropong) Akyemansa (Capital: Ofoase) Asuogyaman (Capital: Atimpoku) Atiwa (Capital: Kwabeng) Birim North (Capital: New Abirem) Birim South (Capital: Akim Swedru) Fanteakwa (Capital: Begoro) Kwaebibirem (Capital: Kade) Kwahu East (Capital: Abetifi) Kwahu North (Capital: Donkorkrom) Kwahu South (Capital: Mpraeso) Lower Manya Krobo (Capital: Odumase Krobo) Suhum/Kraboa/Coaltar (Capital: Suhum) Upper Manya Krobo (Capital: Asesewa) Yilo Krobo (Capital: Somanya)

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