Akropong
Akropong is a town in South Ghana and is the capital of the Akuapim North District, a district in the Eastern Region of South Ghana. This town is known for producing snails and palm oil. Akropong has a 2013 settlement population of 13,785 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 11,100 residents
- Description: town in Ghana
- Also known as: “Akropong-Akwapim” and “Akuropon”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adukrom.
Adukrom
Town
Adukrom is a town in the Okere District Assembly in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It shares borders with Awukugua Akuapem where Okomfo anokye was born. The town is known for the Nifahene Stool of Akuapem and the capital of Okere District and situated on the Togo Atakora hills on the main Ho-Koforidua main trunk road in the northern part of Akuapem. Adukrom is situated 5 km north of Akropong.
Akropong
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Akuapim North Municipal District, Eastern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.97056° or 5° 58′ 14″ northLongitude
-0.08917° or 0° 5′ 21″ westPopulation
11,100Elevation
454 metres (1,490 feet)Open location code
6CQXXWC6+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 2154372671OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2305027Wikidata ID
Q4701714
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Yoruba—“Akropong” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Акропонг”
- Cebuano: “Akropong”
- Dutch: “Akropong”
- Fanti: “Akropong”
- French: “Akropong”
- German: “Akropong”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Akropong”
- Igbo: “Akropong”
- Irish: “Akropong”
- Japanese: “アクロポン”
- Persian: “اکراپانگ”
- Polish: “Akropong”
- South Azerbaijani: “اکراپانق”
- Swahili: “Akropong”
- Swedish: “Akropong”
- Turkish: “Akropong”
- Twi: “Akropong”
- Ukrainian: “Акропонг”
- Yoruba: “Akropong”
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