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Town in Eastern Region, Ghana
Donkorkrom
Town
Official logo of DonkorkromKwahu North District logo
Donkorkrom is located in GhanaDonkorkromDonkorkromLocation of Donkorkrom in Eastern Region, Ghana
Coordinates: 7°3′N 0°3′W / 7.050°N 0.050°W / 7.050; -0.050
CountryGhana
RegionEastern Region
DistrictKwahu North District
Time zoneGMT
 • 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.

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

  • Donkorkrom Agric Senior High School, DASHS, is a secondary school in Donkorkrom. Hamilton Grammar School,
  • St. Mary's Vocational/Technical School
  • Amankwa Fisheries/Agricultural Institute

Transportation

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

Twin towns and cities

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

Country City County / District / Region / State Date Ref.
Scotland Scotland Hamilton South Lanarkshire
  • Donkorkrom and Hamilton, Scotland are twinned.

References

  1. ^ Kwahu North district Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Hamilton Grammar School. hamilton.s-lanark.sch.uk.
Districts and Capitals of the Eastern Region of Ghana
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