Nkwatia Kwahu

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Nkwatia Kwahu
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Nkwatia Kwahu
Location of Nkwatia Kwahu in Eastern Region
Coordinates: 6°38′N0°44′W / 6.633°N 0.733°W / 6.633; -0.733
CountryGhana
Region Eastern Region
District Kwahu East District
Elevation
1,614 ft (492 m)
Time zone GMT
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Nkwatia Kwahu is a town in the Kwahu East district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. Nkwatia comes from the etymology nkwae + tia in the Kwahu Akan language. Nkwae means forests, and tia means short. This can be found in the publication of Morphosyntactic And Semantic Analysis Of Placenames In Kwahu In The Eastern Region Of Ghana. [1] It is also the home of the St.Peter's Boys Secondary School and also Nkwatia Presbyterian Secondary School. [2] [3]

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Education

Nkwatia Kwahu is known for the Nkwatia Secondary School and St. Peter's Secondary School and Nkwatia Presby Secondary school (Nkwasco) [4] [5] The school is a second cycle institution. [6] It is the largest town in the Kwahu East District.

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References

  1. "MORPHOSYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF PLACENAMES IN KWAHU" (PDF). 25 April 2025.
  2. "Kwahu East District". 2 November 2022.
  3. "Home". ghanahighschools.com.
  4. "Educational Institutions". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  5. "References » Schools/Colleges" . Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  6. "Nkwatia Presby Senior High School" . Retrieved 24 April 2025.

6°38′N0°44′W / 6.633°N 0.733°W / 6.633; -0.733