Bogoso | |
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Municipal Capital | |
Nickname: Bogoo | |
Coordinates: 05°34′07″N 02°00′21″W / 5.56861°N 2.00583°W | |
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Municipality | Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality |
Elevation | 300 ft (90 m) |
Population | |
• Total | over 50,000 residents |
Bogoso is a mining town and is the capital of Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality, a district in the Western Region of Ghana.[1][2][3]
Bogoso is a tropical savanna.[4]
The village of Apiate near Bogoso was the site of a deadly explosion in January 2022, after a heavy truck carrying explosives to a mine was involved in a traffic collision.[5][6]