Agona Swedru

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| other_name = Swedru

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| subdivision_name2 = Agona West Municipal District

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| population_total = 68,216{{cite web|url=http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |title=World Gazetteer online |publisher=World-gazetteer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111172126/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |archive-date=January 11, 2012 }}

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Agona Swedru is a town and the capital of Agona West Municipal District, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana.[http://agonawest.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/?arrow=dnf&_=52&r=3&rlv=towns Agona West Municipal district]{{cite web|url=http://ghanadistricts.com/districts/?news&r=3&_=52 |title=Central Region » Agona West Municipal |access-date=September 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711092041/http://ghanadistricts.com/districts/?news&r=3&_=52 |archive-date=July 11, 2011 }} Agona Swedru has a 2010 settlement population of about 55,239 people.{{Cite journal |last=Oviedo de Valeria |first=Jenny |date=August 2, 1994 |title=Problemas multiplicativos tip transformacion lineal: tareas de compra y venta |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.24844/em0602.06 |journal=Educación matemática |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=73–86 |doi=10.24844/em0602.06 |issn=2448-8089}}{{Cite web |title=Demographic Characteristics {{!}} Agona West Municipal Assembly |url=https://www.awma.gov.gh/demographic-characteristics |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=www.awma.gov.gh}} Akwambo is the main festival celebrated by the people of Agona Swedru and it is celebrated in the month of August. Agona Swedru is popularly known for the planting trading of plantain. The name `Swedru` was originated from the planting of plantain within the town.

There are two public senior high schools located in the Agona Swedru, namely; Swedru Senior High and Swedru School of Business.

Economy

  1. Farming
  2. Trading

{{For|Akim Swedru in the Eastern Region of South Ghana|Akim Swedru}}

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