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Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi language) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe , and is the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire .
Apr 23, 2024 · Billed as the “Garden City of West Africa,” Kumasi is zoned into commercial, industrial, and residential areas. Population is dense in the oldest part of town within a 2-mile (3-km) radius of the British fort (1897), which now houses the Ghana Regiment Museum.
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(Top) Ashanti Empire. Founding. Capital of the empire. Population. British Colonial era (1901–1957) Ghana (1957–Present) References. Bibliography. History of Kumasi. The history of Kumasi dates to the late 17th century when it emerged as the capital of the Ashanti Empire.
Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. Kumasi is approximately 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of the Equator and 200 kilometres (100 mi) north of the Gulf of Guinea.
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Jan 18, 2021 · Kumasi, Ghana (17th Century- ) Kumasi, also spelled as Coomassie, is located in south-central Ghana and is the capital of the Ashanti, also known as Asante, region. The city is best known as the former capital of the Ashanti Empire. Kumasi boasted a population of 2,069,350 people in 2013 making it the second most populated city in Ghana behind ...
May 21, 2018 · views 1,714,528 updated May 21 2018. Kumasi City in central Ghana; capital of Ashanti region. The second-largest city in Ghana, it was the capital of the Ashanti kingdom in the 17th and 18th centuries, before being annexed by the British in 1901. It is a commercial centre for a cocoa-growing region.
