Akuapim-Mampong
Sign in to saveAkuapim-Mampong is a town in the Akuapim North district of the Eastern Region of Ghana. It shares boundaries with Mamfe. It is famous for being the first place cocoa was planted in Ghana by Tetteh Quarshie.
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- Locality
- Anomakor
- Region
- Eastern Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- Akuapim North Municipal District
- Continent
- Africa
- Elevation
- 465
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
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- Old mansion in Akwapim Mampong.jpg
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Akuapim-Mampong is a town in the Akuapim North district of the Eastern Region of Ghana. It shares boundaries with Mamfe. It is famous for being the first place cocoa was planted in Ghana by Tetteh Quarshie.
==History== thumb|left|Old mansion A 1772 Dutch report included the name Mampo (Mampong) in their records. This indicates that Mampong had been founded before 1772. The name Mampong might have been taken from the Shai village, Mankpon. Another tradition indicated that early settlers, after defeating an invading Asante army moved from an old settlement to a new one – the Damti shrine neighbourhood.
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