Kumasi

Kumasi is the main city of region of . It is a vibrant city and the cultural cradle of Ghana. Kumasi 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.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lake Bosomtwi.

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Lake Bosumtwi, also spelled Bosomtwe, is a rare natural treasure located in the Ashanti Region of . The lake was formed by a meteorite impact over a million years ago.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Baba Yara Stadium and Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.

Stadium
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Baba Yara Sports Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kumasi, . It is Ghana's largest stadium, with a seating capacity of 40,528. The Kumasi Stadium is used mostly for football matches, although it is also used for athletics.

Government office
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is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in . It forms part of the forty-three districts in , with Kumasi being its administrative capital.

Castle
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The is the seat of the Asantehene, as well as his official residence. It is located in Manhyia, Kumasi, the capital of the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tafo and Kwadaso.

Suburb
is a town in in the of near the regional capital Kumasi. is the thirtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 60,919 people.

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is a town in the , a district of the of .

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is a town in Kumasi in the of and the capital of the Municipal District. The town is also home to the Municipal Assembly.

Kumasi

Latitude
6.6986° or 6° 41′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.6233° or 1° 37′ 24″ west
Population
1,520,000
Elevation
270 metres (886 feet)
IATA airport code
KMS
United Nations Location Codes
GH KAI and GH KMS
Open location code
6CRWM9XG+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 261702404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2298890
Wiki­data ID
Q182059
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Kumasi” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kumasi”
  • Akan: “Kumase”
  • Arabic: “كوماسى”
  • Arabic: “كوماسي”
  • Armenian: “Կումասի”
  • Asturian: “Kumasi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kumasi”
  • Basque: “Kumasi”
  • Belarusian: “Кумасі”
  • Bengali: “কোমাসি”
  • Breton: “Kumasi”
  • Bulgarian: “Кумаси”
  • Catalan: “Kumasi”
  • Cebuano: “Kumasi (kapital sa rehiyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Kumasi”
  • Central Kanuri: “Kumasi”
  • Chinese: “库马西”
  • Chinese: “庫馬西”
  • Croatian: “Coomassie”
  • Croatian: “Kumase”
  • Croatian: “Kumasi”
  • Czech: “Kumasi”
  • Dagbani: “Kumahi”
  • Dagbani: “Kumashi”
  • Dagbani: “kumasi”
  • Dagbani: “Kumasi”
  • Danish: “Kumasi”
  • Dutch: “Kumasi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوماسى”
  • Esperanto: “Kumasi”
  • Esperanto: “Kumaso”
  • Estonian: “Kumasi”
  • Farefare: “kumaasi”
  • Farefare: “Kumaasi”
  • Finnish: “Kumasi”
  • French: “Kumasi”
  • Fulah: “Kumasi”
  • Ga: “Kumasi”
  • Galician: “Kumasi”
  • Georgian: “კუმასი”
  • German: “Kumasi”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Comassie”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Coomassie”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kumase”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kumasi”
  • Greek: “Κουμάσι”
  • Guarani: “Kumasi”
  • Gujarati: “કુમાસી”
  • Hausa: “Comassie”
  • Hausa: “Coomassie”
  • Hausa: “Kumase”
  • Hausa: “Kumasi”
  • Hebrew: “קומאסי”
  • Hindi: “कुमासी”
  • Hungarian: “Kumasi”
  • Ido: “Kumasi”
  • Indonesian: “Kumasi”
  • Irish: “Kumasi”
  • Italian: “Kumasi”
  • Japanese: “クマシ”
  • Kannada: “ಕುಮಾಸಿ”
  • Karekare: “Kumasi”
  • Kikuyu: “Kumasi”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Kumasi”
  • Kirghiz: “Кумаси шаары, Гана”
  • Kirghiz: “Кумаси шаары”
  • Korean: “쿠마시”
  • Kusaal: “Kumasi”
  • Latvian: “Kumasi”
  • Lithuanian: “Coomassie”
  • Lithuanian: “Kumasi”
  • Lithuanian: “Kumasis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kumasi”
  • Macedonian: “Кумаси”
  • Malay: “Kumasi”
  • Marathi: “कुमासी”
  • Moksha: “Кумаси”
  • Mongolian: “Кумаси”
  • Mossi: “Kumasi”
  • N'Ko: “ߞߎ߬ߡߊ߬ߛߌ߫”
  • N'Ko: “ߞߎ߬ߡߊ߬ߛߌ߬”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kumasi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumasi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kumasi”
  • Norwegian: “Kumasi”
  • Ossetian: “Кумаси”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੁਮਾਸੀ”
  • Persian: “کوماسی”
  • Persian: “گوماسی”
  • Polish: “Kumasi”
  • Portuguese: “Kumasi”
  • Romanian: “Kumasi”
  • Russian: “Кумаси”
  • Scots: “Kumasi”
  • Serbian: “Kumasi”
  • Serbian: “Кумаси”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kumasi”
  • Silesian: “Kumasi”
  • Sinhala: “කුමසි”
  • Slovak: “Kumasi”
  • Slovenian: “Kumasi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوماسی”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Kumasi”
  • Spanish: “Kumasi”
  • Swahili: “Kumasi”
  • Swedish: “Kumasi”
  • Tajik: “Кумаси”
  • Tajik: “Кумосӣ”
  • Tamil: “குமாசி”
  • Telugu: “కుమాసీ”
  • Thai: “คุมาชิ”
  • Thai: “คูมาซี”
  • Turkish: “Kumasi”
  • Twi: “Kumase”
  • Twi: “Kumasi”
  • Tyap: “Kumasi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кумасі”
  • Urdu: “کوماسی”
  • Uzbek: “Kumasi”
  • Venetian: “Kumasi”
  • Veps: “Kumasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Kumasi”
  • Volapük: “Kumasi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kumasi”
  • Welsh: “Kumasi”
  • Western Armenian: “Գումասի”
  • Western Frisian: “Kumasi”
  • Western Frisian: “Kumasy”
  • Wu Chinese: “库马西”
  • Yoruba: “Kumasi”
  • “Koforidua”
  • “Kumasi”

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