KOFORIDUA - EASTERN REGION, GHANA 🇬🇭

WELCOME TO KOFORIDUA Koforidua, also popularly known as K.dua or Koftown. Do you know how this place got the name KOFORIDUA? The Festival they celebrate and why they celebrate that Festival??? Before I tell you the history of this place and how it got it's name, lemme remind you, that It's your Roaming Ambassador, STAPELLO GH 🇬🇭 Click on the SUBSCRIBE button for more TOUR VIDEOS of University Campuses, Tourist Sites, Projects, Cities and Towns, and other Historical places in GHANA 🇬🇭 It is a city and the capital of the Eastern Region of Ghana. So it serves as the District capital of New Juaben South Municipality as well as the Regional Capital of the Eastern Region of Ghana 🇬🇭. The city is a blend of colonial and modern architecture. Koforidua is known as a calm and cool city, serving as a commercial hub, administrative center, and a top tourism spot famous for the nearby Boti Falls, Umbrella Rock, and the sacred Obuo Tabri Mountain. Based on oral tradition, the city derived its name from an Akan man named Kofi Ofori, who had built his hut under a huge mahogany tree. This tree provided shelter for weary farmers who were returning from their farms. Over time, it became common for the farmers to say that they were going to rest under Kofi Ofori's tree. In their local language, Twi, the word for 'tree' is 'dua'. The combination of Ofori's name and tree becomes 'Koforidua'.[7] The 'Akwantukese' (The Big Journey Festival) is celebrated yearly to mark the movement of the inhabitants of Koforidua's ancestors from the 'Ashanti Region' to their present location of Koforidua. Akwantukese Festival is a festival celebrated by the people of New Juaben traditional area in the Eastern Region of Ghana, where Koforidua is the capital. It is celebrated to mark the epic journey of the people from Juaben in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] They settled not only with their history but the earnest desire to replicate or emulate some communities from their former home in Juaben. Just as there is Oyoko, Asokore, Effiduase and Koforidua in the currently known Ashanti Region, some towns in Koforidua are known to have such names TERTIARIES in KOFORIDUA. All Nations University Koforidua Technical University Ghana Telecom University College There also notable High Schools in Koforidua and it's areas, which includes: Koforidua Secondary Technical Senior High School (K.S.T.S) Pope John Senior High and Junior Seminary Oti Boateng Senior High School Pentecost Senior High School Ghana Senior High School New Juabeng Senior High School SDA Senior High School Oyoko Methodist Senior High School Important places in Koforidua includes; Koforidua Jubilee Park Koforidua Jackson Park Koforidua Sports Stadium The SSNIT FLAT HOUSING If you are from ACCRA going to Koforidua, you can either use the Madina Aburi route or the Accra Kumasi Highway where you will branch on the right at SUHUM township. There are more to learn about KOFORIDUA, but for now, click on the SUBSCRIBE button for more TOUR VIDEOS from STAPELLO GH and enjoy the rest of the video, thank you very much 😊🤗 #ghana #koforidua #kofcity #eastern #tour #stapello #stapellogh #travel