Agona Swedru is a town in the Central Region of southern Ghana and the capital of the Agona West Municipal District. A 2010 count put the settlement at about 55,239 people. The main language is Fante, and the people celebrate the Akwambo festival every August. The town is well known for planting and trading plantain, and the name Swedru is said to come from the planting of plantain in the town. Farming and trading are its main economic activities. Two public senior high schools serve it, Swedru Senior High and the Swedru School of Business, and the municipal assembly maintains a website for the district.
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1. Agona Swedru (Wikipedia)
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Agona Swedru has a 2010 settlement population of about 55,239 people.
Part Of: Ghana, Lead, country
Agona Swedru is a town and the capital of Agona West Municipal District, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana.
On Continent: Africa, Lead, country (Ghana is in Africa)
Agona Swedru is a town and the capital of Agona West Municipal District, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana.
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Lead, country (Western Africa group)
Agona Swedru is a town and the capital of Agona West Municipal District, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana.
View the Source2. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the coordinates of Agona Swedru
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"elevation": 55.0,
3. Time in Ghana (Wikipedia)
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The western African country Ghana observes a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC+00:00).
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