Ghana
Ashanti Region
Atwima District

Nkawie

Nkawie is a large agrarian and service town and the capital of Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality, a district in the of . Nkawie is located on the western stretch of the Kumasi Bibiani road and bounded by two other major towns.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: district capital in Ashanti Region, Ghana
  • Also known as: “Nkawe Kuma” and “Nkawiekuma”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kumasi Military Hospital.

Hospital
The is a military hospital in in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the of . is situated 3 km northeast of Nkawie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Toase and Adanwomase.

Village
is a town in the of . The town is known for the Secondary School. The school is a second cycle institution.

Adanwomasi is a town of 5,000 people in the region of . It is noted for Kente weaving with towns like Bonwire which is about 2 km away.

Nkawie

Latitude
6.6679° or 6° 40′ 4″ north
Longitude
-1.80973° or 1° 48′ 35″ west
Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)
Open location code
6CRWM59R+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2173963386
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2297316
Wiki­data ID
Q7042536
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Nkawie” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Nkawie”
  • Hausa: “Nkawie”
  • Irish: “Nkawie”
  • Polish: “Nkawie”
  • Swedish: “Nkawie”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nkawie Post Office and Kuffour Park.

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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 “Nkawie”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.