Dunkwa-On-Offin or simply Dunkwa, is a town and the capital of the
Upper Denkyira East Municipal District, a district in the
Central Region of south
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
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Upper Denkyira East Municipal district
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population of 33,379 people.
Geography
Topography
Dunkwa-On-Offin town is located along the Offin River. Dunkwa-On-Offin is low-lying with loose quaternary sands and the town rises up to 117 metres above sea level.stream
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s, including the Offin River and other small steams.[Upper Denkyira East Municipal district: Topography & Drainage](_blank)
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See also
* Denkyira
Denkyira (also known as Denkira, Denchira, Inguira, or Dinkira) was a powerful Akan kingdom that rose to prominence in precolonial Ghana, dominating large parts of the forest zone in the south-central Gold Coast. Centered around its capital at ...
* Gyimi River
References
Populated places in the Central Region (Ghana)
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