Agogo

Agogo is a town in the Asante Akim North Municipal District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana, about 80 kilometres east of the regional capital Kumasi. It is the capital of the Asante-Akim North Municipal Assembly and the seat of the Agogo Traditional Area under its paramount chief, the Omanhene. The hilly setting of the town has earned it the name Naturally Walled Town, and it has a tropical savannah climate. Farming, led by plantain, watermelon and tomatoes, supplies about 70 percent of its economic output. Agogo is best known for its Presbyterian Hospital, established in 1931 and described as the oldest mission hospital in Ashanti and Ghana, and for its schools and colleges. The town celebrates the Akogya Siakwan Festival.