Antoakrom, also known as Antoakurom and Antobiakrom, is a small town in
Manso in the
Amansie West District in the
Ashanti Region of
Ghana.
The town is located 12 miles southeast of the district capital
Manso Nkwanta
Manso Nkwanta is a small town and is the capital of Amansie West, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and th ...
, and it is situated at the junction of two roads that link it to
Bekwai to the east and
Kumasi to the north.
Agriculture is the mainstay of the local economy.
Cocoa
Cocoa may refer to:
Chocolate
* Chocolate
* ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree
* Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao''
* Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter and ...
has been grown in the area for a long time, other crops cultivated here include
oil palm,
maize,
plantain,
cassava,
cocoyam,
yam
Yam or YAM may refer to:
Plants and foods
*Yam (vegetable), common name for members of ''Dioscorea''
* Taro, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam
* Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North Amer ...
and
rice. Antoakrom was a local administrative centre for the health service and cocoa production in the area since colonial time until its administrative function was moved to Manso Nkwanta. The town has a clinic and several banks.
The people in the area are mainly the
Akans, some of its inhabitants are
Northerners who settled here to farm after prospecting for gold found in nearby regions.
References
Populated places in the Ashanti Region
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