Kakumdo | |
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  Kakumdo Location of Kakumdo in Central Region, Ghana  Kakumdo Kakumdo (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 5°08′43″N1°17′05″W / 5.1452°N 1.2848°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Central Region |
| Metropolitan | Cape Coast Metropolis |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Kakumdo is a community and suburb of Cape Coast in the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana. [1] [2] It is one of the host communities of the University of Cape Coast. [3] [4]
As at 2015, the Tufohen of Kakumdo is Nana Ekow Nketia II. [5] As at 2015, the Nkosohen of Kakumdo is Mr. Gail Grant, a Swiss philanthropist whose stool name is Nana Tenagyei I. [5]
Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Ghana. It is one of the country's most historic cities, a World Heritage Site, home to the Cape Coast Castle, with the Gulf of Guinea situated to its south. It was also the first capital of Ghana. According to the 2021 census, Cape Coast had a settlement population of 189,925 people. The language of the people of Cape Coast is Fante.
Osei Tutu II is the 16th Asantehene, enstooled on 26 April 1999. By name, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is in direct succession to the 17th-century founder of the Ashanti Empire, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I. He is also the Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. A Freemason, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has served as the Grand Patron of the Grand Lodge of Ghana, the Sword Bearer of the United Grand Lodge of England and the Grand Patron of the Grand Lodge of Liberia.
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