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Ashanti Region

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.
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  • Type: State with 4,110,000 residents
  • Description: administrative region in Ghana
  • Also known as: “A/R”, “Asanti Region”, and “Oseikurom”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ahwiaa and Aboaso.

Photo: ZSM, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in the Kwabre East District of the region noted for its wood carvings, arts and crafts…

Village
is a town in the Ashanti Region of , located about 12 miles northeast of . The town is known for its rich cultural diversity. is known for the Gyaama Pensan Secondary Technical School.

Village
Photo: Sadads, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in , located in the within the Ashanti Region. The town is located about 18 km on the Kumasi-Mampong road. According to Akan oral tradition, Kente originates from .

Ashanti Region

Latitude
6.8003° or 6° 48′ 1″ north
Longitude
-1.5188° or 1° 31′ 8″ west
Population
4,110,000
Elevation
303 metres (994 feet)
Open location code
6CRWRF2J+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2661665004
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2304116
Wiki­data ID
Q398417
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Ashanti Region” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Asjanti (streek)”
  • Afrikaans: “Asjanti”
  • Akan: “A/R”
  • Akan: “Asante Mantam”
  • Akan: “Asanti Region”
  • Akan: “Oseikurom”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أشانتي”
  • Arabic: “منطقة أشانتي”
  • Armenian: “Աշանտի”
  • Belarusian: “Ашанці, рэгіён”
  • Belarusian: “Ашанці”
  • Belarusian: “рэгіён Ашанці”
  • Bengali: “আশান্তি অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Ashanti”
  • Bulgarian: “Ашанти”
  • Catalan: “Regió Aixanti”
  • Cebuano: “Ashanti Region”
  • Chinese: “阿散蒂地区”
  • Chinese: “阿散蒂地區”
  • Chinese: “阿散蒂大區”
  • Chinese: “阿散蒂省”
  • Dagbani: “Ashanti Region”
  • Danish: “Ashanti”
  • Dutch: “Ashanti”
  • Esperanto: “Aŝantujo”
  • Fanti: “Ashanti Region”
  • Farefare: “Ashanti region”
  • Farefare: “Ashanti Region”
  • Finnish: “Ashantin hallintoalue”
  • French: “Ashanti”
  • French: “Région Ashanti”
  • French: “Region d’Ashanti”
  • French: “Région d’Ashanti”
  • Georgian: “აშანტის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Ashanti Region”
  • German: “Ashanti”
  • German: “GH-AH”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Ashanti Region”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή Ασάντι”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ασάντι”
  • Gujarati: “અશાંતિ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Ashanti”
  • Hebrew: “אשנטי”
  • Hebrew: “חבל אשנטי”
  • Hindi: “अश्ंती क्षेत्र”
  • Igbo: “A/R”
  • Igbo: “Asanti Region”
  • Igbo: “Ashanti Region”
  • Igbo: “Oseikurom”
  • Indonesian: “Region Ashanti”
  • Italian: “Ashanti Region”
  • Italian: “Ashanti”
  • Italian: “regione di Ashanti”
  • Italian: “Regione di Ashanti”
  • Japanese: “アシャンティ州”
  • Kannada: “ಆಷಂತಿ”
  • Korean: “아샨티 주”
  • Korean: “아샨티주”
  • Kusaal: “A/R”
  • Kusaal: “Ashanti Region”
  • Latvian: “Ašanti reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Ašančio regionas”
  • Malay: “Ashanti Region”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Ashanti”
  • Malayalam: “അഷാന്തി”
  • Marathi: “अश्ंती प्रदेश”
  • Mingrelian: “აშანტიშ რეგიონი”
  • Mossi: “Ashanti Region”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߛ߭ߊ߲ߕߌ߫ ߕߌ߲ߞߎߘߎ߲”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Ashanti Region”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ashanti”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ashanti”
  • Norwegian: “Ashanti”
  • Persian: “منطقه آشانتی”
  • Polish: “Region Ashanti”
  • Polish: “Region Aszanti”
  • Portuguese: “Ashanti”
  • Portuguese: “Axânti”
  • Portuguese: “Região Ashanti do Gana”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Ashanti”
  • Russian: “Ашанти”
  • Sinhala: “ආශාන්ටි කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Ashanti Region”
  • Slovenian: “Ashanti”
  • Slovenian: “GH-AH”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Ashanti”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آشانتی اوستانی”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Ashanti Irigyiŋ”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Ashanti Region”
  • Spanish: “Aixanti”
  • Spanish: “Asante”
  • Spanish: “Asanti”
  • Spanish: “Ashanti”
  • Spanish: “Asjanti”
  • Spanish: “Oseikurom”
  • Spanish: “Región Ashanti”
  • Spanish: “Región de Ashanti”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Ashanti”
  • Swedish: “Ashanti Region”
  • Swedish: “Ashanti”
  • Swedish: “Ashantiregionen”
  • Tamil: “அஷாந்தி பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “అశాంతి ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “อาชานติ”
  • Turkish: “Ashanti Bölgesi”
  • Twi: “Asante Mantam”
  • Ukrainian: “Ашанті”
  • Urdu: “اشانتی ریجن”
  • Urdu: “اشانتی علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Ashanti”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿散蒂地区”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ashanti”
  • Yoruba: “Ashanti Region”

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