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Donkorkrom
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Donkorkrom
Location of Donkorkrom in Eastern Region, Ghana
Coordinates: 7°3′N0°3′W / 7.050°N 0.050°W / 7.050; -0.050 Coordinates: 7°3′N0°3′W / 7.050°N 0.050°W / 7.050; -0.050
CountryGhana
Region Eastern Region
District Kwahu North District
Time zone GMT
  Summer (DST) GMT

Donkorkrom is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of Kwahu Afram Plains North district, a district in the Eastern Region of Ghana. [1]

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Religion

Its Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier is the see of the Latin Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Donkorkrom, which was founded in 2007 as an apostolic prefecture.

Education

There are a few senior high schools in the District. Which are

Transportation

Donkorkrom has had its red road concreted, making travel to and from the ferry crossing easier. [1]

Twin towns and cities

List of sister cities of Donkorkrom, designated by Sister Cities International:

Country City County / District / Region / State Date Ref.
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Hamilton South Lanarkshire
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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kwahu North district Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Hamilton Grammar School. hamilton.s-lanark.sch.uk.