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Japekrom Traditional council

Japekrom was founded by my forefathers who are Akwamus who settled with the Gyamanhene some 300-400 years ago around the Mpuasu Mountains. The town’s original name was Pruano (meaning… On the Bank of River Pru). This was indicated or labeled as Pulliano in Colonial Gold Coast Maps of Ghana. The current name, Japekrom which has often been spelt as Gyapekrom or Gyapekurom was occasioned by one of the Town’s Chiefs called Nana Kwasi Amoa a.k.a Nana Gyape. Town folks, settlers and foreigners who travelled to the town referred to the town by the Chief’s nickname ‘Gyape’ and thus Gyape’s Town (Gyapekrom) and now Japekrom.

 CORRECTION OF THE WRONGFUL REPRESENTATION OF JAPEKROM AS DROBO The clarification has become necessary as the Japekrom Traditional Council has noted with keen interest a gradual misrepresentation of the Japekrom Township as Drobo. I thus would like to draw the attention of Government of Ghana, Statutory bodies, institutions and organizations, entities, businesses and the general public to the geographical positions of Japekrom and Drobo.The truthful fact is that Japekrom and Drobo are two different towns located at different geographical locations within the Brong-Ahafo Region of the Republic of Ghana.Japekrom is a town located in the Jaman South District of the Brong Ahafo Region of the Republic of Ghana and principally covers the following geographical coordinates: (7°36′30″N, 2°48′20″W), (7°37′02″N, 2°46′36″W), (7°35′19″N, 2°45′56″W), (7°35′0″N, 2°47′0″W), (7°34′45″N, 2°47′25″W).The Township of Japekrom is located on Mpuasu-Japekrom Stool lands and it is the traditional capital of the Mpuasu-Japekrom Traditional Area of the Jaman South District. The Japekrom Traditional Council and the Japekromhene are the legitimate and undisputed owners of the vast lands in Gyaman including the townships of Japekrom and New Drobo (New Drobo covers just about 20 plots of lands on the Japekrom stool land), and sharing boundaries with the Berekum Stool Lands in the South, Dormaa Stool Lands in the South-West, Awasu Stool Lands in the East and North-East, Adamsu in the North and the Republique De La Cote D’Ivoire in the North-West (Please, refer to Court of Appeal and Supreme Court Judgments ).