Abura-Dunkwa | |
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  Abura-Dunkwa Location of Dunkwa-On-Offin in Central Region, South Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 5°58′0″N1°47′0″W / 5.96667°N 1.78333°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Central Region |
| District | Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Abura-Dunkwa is a small town and the capital of Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana. [1] [2]
Abura-Dunkwa is low-lying with loose quaternary sands and it rises up to 80 metres above sea level. [3] The town is drained by a number of rivers and streams, including the Offin River, Birim River and small streams. [3]
Abura-Dunkwa is known for the Aburaman Senior High Sch, and Samtet Oxford Snr High School.
Abura-Dunkwa is a junction station on the narrow gauge Ghana Railway system.
The Fante Confederacy refers either to the alliance of the Fante states in existence at least since the sixteenth century, or it can also refer to the modern Confederation formed in 1868. The Confederation is seen as one of the first and most prominent self-rule movements in Ghana and the entirety of Africa. Its mission was to shake off colonialism and establish a modern free democratic state.
The Central Region is one of the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana. It is bordered by Ashanti and Eastern regions to the north, Western region to the west, Greater Accra region to the east, and to the south by the Gulf of Guinea. The Central Region is renowned for its many elite high schools and an economy based on an abundance of industrial minerals and tourism. The Central region boasts of many tourist attractions such as castles, forts and beaches dotted along the region's coastline.
Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese District is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former Mfantsiman District Council. The district assembly is located in the southwest part of Central Region and has Essakyir as its capital town.
Dunkwa-On-Offin or simply Dunkwa, is a town and the capital of the Upper Denkyira East Municipal District, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana. Dunkwa-On-Offin has a 2013 settlement population of 33,379 people.
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Abura may refer to:
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Elvis Morris Donkoh is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and currently a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese Constituency in the Central Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.
Anthony Christian Dadzie was the Member of Parliament for Abura Asebu Kwamankese in the Central region of Ghana from 2009 to 2016.
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