| Official Name: | Assin Praso |
| Settlement Type: | Urban area |
| Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Assin North Municipal District |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Timezone Dst: | GMT |
Assin Praso is a town in the Assin North Municipal District of the Central Region in Ghana. The town is known for it market days on Tuesdays and Friday, it emancipation celebration every year, and it health institution known as Presbyterian Hospital.[1]
The Assin Praso Heritage Village in Ghana is a historical site where the British and Ashanti Kingdom clashed during the Anglo-Ashanti Wars.[4] Located by the Pra River, it’s known for battles and the death of King Osei Tutu I. The site includes remains of a British military outpost and trees where enslaved Africans were held before being sent to other trading locations.[5]
The Heritage Village cemetery at Assin Praso contains graves of British soldiers, commanders, their families, and enslaved Africans who died during the Anglo-Ashanti conflicts, including Major Victor Ferguson and his wife. Mass graves for both British and African soldiers are also present.
The 340-year-old mango tree at Assin Praso, known as the "Tree of Life and Death," is the oldest in West Africa.[6] Located in the Assin Praso Heritage Village, it remains a historic landmark connected to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.[7]