Abofour is a town in the Offinso Municipality in Ashanti Region of Ghana It is the second largest town in the Municipality after the Offinso township. It is in fact one of the most populated townships in the Ashanti REGION of Ghana . Though Offinso is the Municipal capital, Abofour undoubtedly is the ecomic hub of the municipality by the virtue of having one of the largest Markets in the country. History It was founded around the year 1700 by two hunters namely obofour Takyi and Obofour Ogya. working for the then Asantehene. 'Abofour,' means 'The hunters'. Demographics The town has a population of about 2500, with a slight majority (58%) belonging to the Ashante ethnic group. The rest of the population are mainly of Northern descent;Hausa, one of the oldest settlers in Abofour, Mande (Wangara), Mossi, Mamprusi, Wala, Dagaare, Dagomba, Kusasi, Term (Kotokoli, Chamba, Kusuntu, Balanka and other dialects spoken by mid and Northern parts of Togo and Benin Republics) and some few Eves. Education St. Jerome Secondary School is a Catholic Unit institution assisted by the government. The town has about twelve public basic schools and about five private basic schools. The school is a second cycle institution. Economy Abofour has daily markets in almost each of its suburbs, but the main market day is on Thursdays. The market is attended by people from all walks of life and from different directions across Ghana and the neighboring countries as well. It is perhaps the fourth largest in Ghana in terms of size and patronage especially. Until 2017, the market used to operate along the main Kumasi-Techiman highway which used to endanger traders and passers by. It also used to cause unnecessary vehicular traffic. Sometimes the traffic is so heavy that those who ply the road spend hours in the 'artificial gridlock'. In November 2017, the government of Ghana relocated it to avoid such problems and also enable the completion of a redevelopment. Currently, the new market is highly attended by people from all parts of Ghana and even neighboring countries. It is one of the country's largest maize-producing areas. On the market day, thousands of tonnes of maize are carted to different parts of the country, including Kumasi, Takoradi, Cape Coast, Obuasi, and Accra, among others. Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali also welcome loads of articulator trucks from the same market. Plantain, cassava, yams and large quantities of