Kwadwo Addaikrom is a town about 24 km from Mim in the

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in the

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. It serves as the center of the Bitre Electoral Area.

Agriculture and amenities

Kwadwo Addaikrom is a farming community. The predominant cash crop grown in this area is cocoa. Different variety of

food crops A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. In other words, a crop is a plant or plant product that is grown for a specific purpose such as food, fibre, or fuel. When plants of the same species ar ...

produced in Kwadwo Addaikrom are sent to big markets in

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, Mim and

Goaso Goaso is a city and the capital of the Asunafo North Municipal and the Ahafo Region of Ghana. It has population of 21,146 according to the 2010 census. The town is run by a traditional council, with Nana Akwasi Bosompra I having the title of ...

. The Chiefs and residents of the town recently registered their displeasure against the Ghana government over lack of water; lack of Maternity ward, dysfunctional telecommunication network and incompleted Police station

History

Sometime in the early 50s, a group of Akwasiase kinsmen moved from Mim to occupy portion of the Bitre virgin forest. They settled nearby a footpath-junction that led to the hunting ground of Op. Kramo Korkoor. Hence the footpath-Junction being called Kramo Korkoor Nkwanta/junction. Ohemaa Akua Afriyie was the first to build a mud house at an abandoned Mim Timber Company(MTC) loading station nearby the footpath junction. Others also followed thereby establishing the Kramo Korkor Nkwanta village which is now called Kwadwo Addaikrom.

Local Administration

The community is ruled by the Chief, the Queen mother, sub-Chiefs, Bitre Electoral Area Assemblyman and Unit committee executives. Nana Kofi Anane-Photoroom.jpg, Nana Kofi Anane, Chief of Kwadwo Addaikrom Nana Yaa Anokyewaa II.jpg, Nana Yaa Anokyewaa II, Queen mother of Kwadwo Addaikrom.

Institutions

*Kwadwo Addaikrom CHPS compound *Kwadwo Addaikrom Agric Office *Kwadwo Addaikrom Police Station. *Kwadwo Addaikrom M.A. Primary/JHS *Kwadwo Addaikrom Golden Star Academy

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kwadwo Addai, Kwadwo Addai krom Populated places in the Ahafo Region