Aboso

Aboso

Aboso

Town & District in Western Region, Ghana

This article is about the town in Ghana. For the Aruban film, see Abo So.

Aboso is a town near Tarkwa, and is the capital of Wassa West district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana.[2] Aboso is the 78th most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 9,945 people.[1] At the Ghana census of 18 March 1984, there were 4,700 inhabitants living in the town.[1]

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The town has been in an important center in the goldfields in the Tarkwa hills since the late 19th century.[3] The town is the namesake for Aboso Goldfield Ltd, a subsidiary of Gold Fields which operates the nearby Damang mine.[4]

The town used to be the location for the Aboso Glass Factory, a major manufacturer and supplier of bottles for the beverage industry.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
  2. [2]
    Touring Ghana - Western Region Archived 2012-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. touringghana.com.
  3. [3]
    Dickson, Kwamina B. (1969). A Historical Geography of Ghana. CUP Archive. p. 183. ISBN 9780521071024.
  4. [4]
    "Gold Fields Limited - AGE (African Growing Enterprises) File". Institute of Developing Economies. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  5. [5]
    "GIHOC Distilleries takes over Aboso Glass Factory". Citi Business News. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2020-08-05.

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