Tafo
Tafo
Tafo(der) | |
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| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti Region |
| District | Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 60,919[1] |
| Ranked 30th in Ghana | |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Tafo is a town in
History
Tafo is also due to its history of a regional headquarters of Ashanti-King, the Tafohene. An important Cocoa Research Institute was opened in June 1938[3] at Tafo. At one point the institute had 1,000 employees. Now it only has about 200 employees who perform essentially research and monitoring activities in the area of cocoa cultivation. On test fields in the laboratory and the biological control, African locust are tested and developed with specific pathogens. In the census of 18 March 1983, there was 25,688 people living in Tafo. A population estimation for January 2007 indicated 53,165 inhabitants.
Healthcare
Tafo Hospital, a major hospital in Tafo, is the health care institution of the local population and plays a major role in the overall well-being of the Town's population.
Weather
In Tafo, so far, the lowest temperature was measured at 12 °C, which is also the lowest temperature registered in Kumasi and Ghana.
See also
References
- ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ Touring Ghana - Ashanti Region Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. touringghana.com.
- ^ "Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG)". Ghana Cocoa Board. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
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