title: Mpraeso
text: # Mpraeso
  
  Mpraeso is a town and the capital of Kwahu South district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana, located at an altitude of 367 m on the Kwahu Plateau, which forms the south-west boundary of Lake Volta. Mpraeso has a 2013 settlement population of 11,190 people.
  
  ## Politics
  
  Mpraeso is in the Mpreaso Constituency led by Hon. Davis Opoku Ansah, a member of the New Patriotic Party.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The headwaters of the Pra River are near Twenedurase.
  
  ## Education
  
  Mpraeso Secondary School (MPASS) is in Mpraeso .
  
  ## Mining
  
  The discovery of Bauxite near Mpraeso, announced in 1924, led to the development of the Bauxite mining industry along the Volta River.
  
  ## Arts
  
  Mpraeso is famous for manufacturing pottery, particularly for its grinding bowls: shallow dishes with strong, inverted rims and ridges on the interior used to grind vegetables using a small wooden pestle.
  
  