Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District
Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District, as at 2024, is one of the fifteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally, it was formerly part of the then-larger Wassa West District in 1988, which was created from the former Wassa-Fiase-Mpohor District Council…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Ghana with 118,000 residents
- Description: district in Western Region, Ghana
- Also known as: “Tarkwa Nsuaem” and “Tarkwa-Nsuaem”
Places of Interest
Highlights include TNA Park and Tarkwa Senior High School.
TNA Park
Park
TNA Park is a multi-use stadium in Tarkwa, Ghana. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Ghana Premier League team Medeama SC.
Tarkwa Senior High School
School
Tarkwa Senior High School is a co-educational senior high school in the mining town of Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarkwa and Tarkwa mine.
Tarkwa
Town
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Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana. Frequently dubbed as the "Golden City" by its indigenous populace, the region is characterized by a rich tapestry of Fante communities, among which include Efuanta, Tamso, Aboso, Akoon, Nzemaline, and Kwabedu.
Tarkwa mine
Locality
The Tarkwa mine is one of the largest gold mines in Ghana and in the world. The mine is located in the south-west of the country in the Western Region. The mine has estimated reserves of 15.1 million oz of gold. Tarkwa mine is situated 4 km northwest of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District.
Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District
- Location: Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District”
- Akan: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem”
- Cebuano: “Tarkwa Nsuaem”
- Dagbani: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem”
- Hausa: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District”
- Hausa: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem”
- Igbo: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District”
- Igbo: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem”
- Southern Dagaare: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem Munisipal Desekyere”
- Spanish: “Tarkwa Nsuaem”
- Swedish: “Tarkwa Nsuaem”
- Yoruba: “Tarkwa Nsuaem”
- Yoruba: “Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District”
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