Akrokerri
Country Ghana
RegionAshanti Region

Akrokerri is a town and a suburb of Obuasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] The town is located in the Adansi North District.[2]

It is the home of the Akrokerri College of Education, formerly known as Akrokerri Training College or Akrokerri Teacher Training College.[3] It is also home of Asare Bediako Senior High School.[4]

There is a market day every Tuesday at Sampakrom.

Its most famous resident is Patrick 'Kofi' Afoakwah currently of Jessup, Maryland.

Akrokerri is mentioned in the books of Nana Osei Tutu II, the Ashanti hene, as a town created by God(Odomankoma Ab)de3).

References

  1. ↑ "Anglogold Ashanti drills boreholes for Creeky township, Asare-Bediako SHS". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Body of suspected illegal miner who drowned at Akrokerri retrieved – Police". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. ↑ "References » Schools/Colleges". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Akufo-Addo to inspect, inaugurate infrastructural projects in Ashanti Region". GhanaWeb. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-10.

6°18′N 1°38′W / 6.300°N 1.633°W / 6.300; -1.633


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