Official Name: | Adugyama |
Settlement Type: | District Capital |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ghana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ashanti Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ahafo Ano South East District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 6.8167°N -53°W |
Elevation M: | 208 |
Adugyama is a town and is the capital of Ahafo Ano South East District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is about 42 km north-west of Kumasi[1]
Adugyama is noted for the Adugyama Community Senior High(ADHISS).[2]
Agricultural farming is the predominant occupation in Adugyama.The major cash crops grown in this area are cocoa and rice[3] Foodstuffs such as plantain and cassava are also grown on subsistence basis in Adugyama and its catchment areas.