Akim Swedru is a town and the capital of
Birim South District, a district in the
Eastern Region of south
Ghana
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. Akim Swedru has a 2013
settlement population of 10,379 people.
People
The people of Akim Swedru belong to the
Akyem
The Akyem Kingdoms (also known as Greater Akyem, Akim, Great Akim, or Akan Grande) were prominent Akan people, Akan kingdoms in precolonial Ghana, consisting of the three related states of Akyem Abuakwa, Akyem Kotoku, and Akyem Bosome. Located in ...
people. They are one of the groups which make up the
Akan people
The Akan () people are a kwa languages, Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano languages, Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano la ...
in Ghana.
Location
To the northwest of Swedru is Aduasa. To the north is a village called Jedem and spanning from northeast to the east is
Akim Oda
Akim Oda, a town in Ghana's Eastern Region, serving as the administrative and traditional center of the Birim Central Municipal District and Akyem Kotoku, respectively. The town has 60,604 residents as of 2013.
Geography and climate
Akim Oda ...
, the district capital. Other towns and villages to the east are Ewisa, Akim Asawaase, Ntutumerim, Anyinam, Aboabo,
Asene, Batabe, Manso, Asuboa and Anamasi. To the south are Akyease and Aperade.
Geography
Akim Swedru is located around a lot of
hill
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s,
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...
s and
river
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s. There are 2 peak rain seasons during May–June and September–October. The relative humidity ranges from 56% during the dry season and 70% during the rainy season. The town lies within a semi-
deciduous rainforest region.
See also
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Birim South District
References
External links
Birim South district
{{Eastern Region, Ghana
Populated places in the Eastern Region (Ghana)