Adukrom Akuapem | |
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Location of Adukrom in Eastern Region, Ghana | |
Coordinates: 6°00′51″N 0°04′40″W / 6.0141°N 0.0777°W | |
Country | Ghana |
Region | Eastern Region |
District | Okere District |
Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | GMT |
Adukrom is a town in the Okere District Assembly in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1] It shares borders with Awukugua Akuapem where Okomfo anokye was born[2] 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.[3]
It is also the political and administrative capital of the Okere Constituency which is currently represented in Parliament by the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament, Hon. Dan Botwe.[4]
Adukrom has an estimated population of 8,881 in 2013.[5] The town used to be the capital of the Nifa Division of the Akuapem State which was created in 1730. The Nifa Division which is currently the Okere Traditional Area is situated on the extreme north of the Bewase Ridge of the Akuapem Togo Mountains on the North-East of Accra.[6][7]