Konongo (also Konongo-Odumase) is a
gold bar
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mining
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and
manganese
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mining community
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located in
Ashanti, Ghana. The town serves as the
capital
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of the
Asante Akim Central Municipal.
As of 2012, Konongo has a
settlement
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population of 41,238 people.
Konongo is about from
Kumasi
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, the Ashanti capital.
Toponymy
The name of Konongo is derived from rural
folklore
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of drinking
palm oil
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(''kor-nom-ngo'').
Gold Mining and Manganese Mining
The
Gold mining
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town of Konongo has always been a lively town. It was a very boisterous town many decades before the 1950s. Konongo was the commercial capital of the Kumasi East Council which later became the Asante-Akyem District. The
Gold mines
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that was owned by British companies attracted many nationalities from the West African Sub-Region as well as other ethnic groups from the West African Sub-Region.
Konongo Gold Mine Konongo
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is a suspended
open pit mine
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in
Ashanti and the Konongo Gold Mine mainly produces
bullion
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gold bar
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s. In Raw Materials Data production data for gold for 6 years, between 1984 and 1992 can be found and the Konongo Gold Mine is controlled/owned by Signature Metals Ltd, Konongo Gold Mine is just one of 26,000 entities to be found in Raw Materials Data, the mining industry's most extensive database. Konongo has
manganese
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ores deposits estimated at over 1.7 million metric tonnes at Odumase near Konongo in
Ashanti as the
Ashanti manganese ores deposits have manganese content of 19.7%.
Education
Konogo-Odumase is the location of the
Konongo-Odumase Senior High School, a coeducational second cycle institution. It was officially opened on 23 February 1953
In December 2017, over 100 students of the Konongo-Odumase Senior High School (SHS) were displaced after a huge fire engulfed the school's boys’ dormitory on Saturday night.
Notable people
Professional
footballer
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Sulley Muntari
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During his time w ...
was born and raised in the town, as was
percussionist
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Rebop Kwaku Baah
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Biography
Baah was born on 13 February 1944, in Konongo, Gold Coast.
In 1969, Baah performe ...
.
Some prominent lawyers from Konongo include:
Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang Esq
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, a senior lecturer and acting Director of the Ghana of the Ghana School of Law,
Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi
Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi (born 12 April 1962) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He is a member of parliament for Asante-Akim Central constituency in the Seventh Parliament and 8th Parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana in the Ashanti Region, ...
current Member of Parliament of Asante Akyem Central Constituency,
S.K Boafo Esq, a private legal practitioner and politician, *
Richard Adu Darko Esq*, a private legal practitioner, politician and entrepreneur. Prominent geographer, Hanson Frimpong-Nyantakyi and trade economist, Eugene Bempong Nyantakyi of the World Bank and African Development Bank are from this town.
See also
*
Geology of Ghana
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*
Birimian
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References
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Populated places in the Ashanti Region