Agogo | |
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Town | |
Location of Agogo within Ashanti | |
Coordinates: 6°48′0″N 1°5′0″W / 6.80000°N 1.08333°W | |
Sovereign state | Ghana |
Region | Ashanti |
Municipality | Asante Akim Municipal |
Elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 36,797 |
• Ethnicity | Ashanti people |
• Demonym | Agogoan |
Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time |
• Summer (DST) | GMT |
Agogo is a town in the Asante Akim North Municipal District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[2][3] Agogo is approximately 80 kilometers (50 mi) east of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region, and had a population of 28,271 in the 2000 census. Computer projections estimate that the 2007 population was 32,859.