Ghana
Ashanti Region
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly

Tarkwa

Tarkwa is a neighborhood in , . Tarkwa is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the suburb .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Manhyia Palace and Suame Magazine, Kumasi.

Castle
Photo: Nkansahrexford, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the seat of the Asantehene, as well as his official residence. It is located in Manhyia, , the capital of the of . is situated 3½ km southeast of Tarkwa.

Suame Magazine is an industrialized area with many workshops for metal engineering and vehicle repairs in , employing an estimated 200,000 workers.

School
The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of and is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 24,389 km2 and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suame and Abrepo.

Suburb
Kumasi is a city and the capital of the and the of . It is the second largest city in the country, with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the of . It is situated within the city of Kumasi, which is the second-largest city in Ghana and serves as the regional capital of the Ashanti Region.

Suburb
is a town in in the of near the regional capital . is the thirtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 60,919 people. is situated 3 km east of Tarkwa.

Tarkwa

Latitude
6.72504° or 6° 43′ 30″ north
Longitude
-1.6361° or 1° 38′ 10″ west
Elevation
268 metres (879 feet)
Open location code
6CRWP9G7+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5731287996
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
2294767
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