Koforidua
Koforidua is a city in West Africa, Ghana and counted at the 2000 census approximately 87 315 inhabitants (1984 figure was 58,731 ).
According to one calculation living in 2006 in Koforidua 98,000 people. The coordinates of this city be 6.09 degrees and 0.26 degrees N W. Some sources indicate Koforidua with New Juaben.
Koforidua is the capital of the Eastern Region and is located about 80 km north of the capital Accra on the main road from Accra to the north. Koforidua is located at the foot of Mountain Obuotabiri in a valley enclosed by the Juaben Mountains.
History
The city was founded in 1875 by refugees from the Aschantireich.
Economy
Important in the area around Koforidua, the cocoa, the people live on the here to a great extent. Likewise, the cultivation of wheat, cassava and palm oil production. In addition, Koforidua is an important center of forestry.
Religion
Since 1992, there are officially a diocese in Kofuridua, which consists of 92 churches, 118 chapels and 11 parishes. Will be supervised institutions by 30 diocesan priests, 20 missionaries and 600 catechists. The diocese manages a total of 15 hospitals.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Gershon Koffie (* 1991), Ghanaian footballer
- Hackman Owusu- Agyeman ( born 1941 ), Ghanaian politician