Ntotroso is a town in the
Asutifi North District
Asutifi North District is one of the six districts in Ahafo Region, Ghana. The District was formerly part of the then-larger Asutifi District since 1988, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Asutifi South District on 28 ...
in the
Ahafo Region
The Ahafo Region is a newly created region in Ghana with Goaso as its capital. The region has administrative and governmental legislature like all the ten already existing regions in Ghana. The region was carved out of the south-eastern part of th ...
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 the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
.
The distance from Ntotroso to
Kenyasi
Kenyasi is a town in Ghana and it's the capital of the Asutifi North District in the Ahafo Region.
Kenyasi is a combination of two towns: Kenyasi No.1 and Kenyasi No.2
Kenyasi has abundance of Gold resources hence Newmont, Ghana Ahafo mine havin ...
, the District capital is 13km while that of
Sunyani
Sunyani is a city and the capital town of the Bono Region and the Sunyani Municipal District, Sunyani Municipal of Ghana. Sunyani had a population of 74,24at the 2010 population and housing census. The city consists mainly of the Bonos by tribe ...
, the Bono regional capital is 41km.
Notable tertiary institution in this town, is the Ntotroso Nursing college.
Economy
Agricultural farming is the main occupation in Ntotroso.
The major cash crops grown in this area are
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 ...
and
Rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima
''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...
.
Foodstuffs grown in this area are: Cocoyam, Yam, Plantain, Cassava.
Since 2007 when
Newmont
Newmont Corporation is a gold mining company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States. It is the world's largest gold mining corporation. Incorporated in 1921, it owns gold mines in Nevada, Colorado, Ontario, Quebec, Mexico, the Domin ...
Ghana established their
Ahafo mine
The Ahafo mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Republic of Ghana and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Brong-Ahafo Region. The mine has estimated reserves of 17 million oz of gold.
The company has been accu ...
, a lot of working popilation are employed in the mining firm.
Festival
The chiefs and people of Ntotroso celebrate the
Apomasu Festival. This festival draws both local people and the
diaspora
A diaspora ( ) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. Historically, the word was used first in reference to the dispersion of Greeks in the Hellenic world, and later Jews after ...
.
References
Populated places in the Ahafo Region
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