Mpraeso
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Mpraeso is a town and the capital of Kwahu South district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana,{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=Communications |title=President Akufo-Addo Inspects €4 Million Atibie Hospital Project; $77 Million Mpraeso-onyimso Road |url=https://www.presidency.gov.gh/index.php/briefing-room/news-style-2/2042-president-akufo-addo-inspects-4-million-atibie-hospital-project-77-million-mpraeso-onyimso-road |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.presidency.gov.gh |language=en-gb}} located at an altitude of 367 m on the Kwahu Plateau, which forms the south-west boundary of Lake Volta. Mpraeso has a 2013 settlement population of 11,190 people.
Politics
Geography
The headwaters of the Pra River are near Twenedurase.
Education
Mpraeso Secondary School (MPASS) is in Mpraeso .{{cite web|url=http://www.globe.gov/fsl/GSI/INDIV/SCHINFO/Display-print.pl?schl=z5UMgiz&lang=en&nav=0&foot=0|title=Mpraeso Secondary School|publisher=Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment|access-date=2009-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513020129/http://www.globe.gov/fsl/GSI/INDIV/SCHINFO/Display-print.pl?schl=z5UMgiz&lang=en&nav=0&foot=0|archive-date=2009-05-13|url-status=dead}}
Mining
The discovery of Bauxite near Mpraeso, announced in 1924, led to the development of the Bauxite mining industry along the Volta River.{{Cite book | last = Boahen | first = Adu | year = 1975 | title = Ghana: evolution and change in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries | isbn = 0-582-60065-0 | publisher = Longman | location = London}}
Arts
Mpraeso is famous for manufacturing pottery, particularly for its grinding bowls: shallow dishes with strong, inverted rims and ridges on the interior used to grind vegetables using a small wooden pestle.{{cite web|url=http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0011|title=In Ghana, Pottery is Women's Work|publisher=Studio Potter|access-date=2009-03-18}}
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