Suame

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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: district capital in Ashanti Region, Ghana
  • Also known as: Suame, Ghana” and “Suami

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prempeh College and Kumasi Wesley Girls High School.

School
is a public secondary boarding school for boys located in , the capital city of the , . The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority, the British Colonial Government, the Methodist Church Ghana and the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

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.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abrepo and Kumasi.

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.

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is the main city of region of . It is a vibrant city and the cultural cradle of Ghana. is famous for its vast Kejetia market, the largest in West Africa, and for the traditional Asante buildings of the region, which are on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Suburb
is a town in the , a district of the of . is situated 3 km southwest of Suame.

Suame

Latitude
6.71636° or 6° 42′ 59″ north
Longitude
-1.63692° or 1° 38′ 13″ west
Elevation
270 metres (886 feet)
Open location code
6CRWP987+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5386645313
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2295179
Wiki­data ID
Q107719379
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Twi—“Suame” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: Suame
  • Ga: Suame
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Suame
  • Hausa: Suame
  • Turkish: Suame
  • Twi: Suame
  • Suame

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Suame Division Park and Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Suame”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.