Nsuta | |
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Town and District Capital | |
Location of Nsuta within Ashanti | |
Coordinates: 7°00′40″N1°22′53″W / 7.01111°N 1.38139°W | |
Sovereign state | Ghana |
Region | Ashanti |
District | Sekyere Central |
Elevation | 1,362 ft (415 m) |
Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | GMT |
Nsuta is a small town and is the capital of Sekyere Central, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [1] Nsuta is in Ashanti although there are a number of towns in Ghana with this name.
This Nsuta is served by a station on the national railway network. [1] There is no railway station serving Asante-Nsuta.
There are also three major towns in the Sekyere Central District Assembly, Namely Sekyere-Beposo, Sekyere-Atonsu and Sekyere-Kwamang.
Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana. Tarkwa has a 2013 settlement population of 34,941 people.
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 24,389 km2 (9,417 sq mi) or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the most populated region with a population of 4,780,380 according to the 2011 census, accounting for 19.4% of Ghana's total population. The Ashanti Region is known for its major gold bar and cocoa production. The largest city and regional capital is Kumasi.
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Afigya Kwabre District is a former district that was located in Ashanti Region, Ghana. It was created from the western portion of Afigya-Sekyere District and the western portion of Kwabre District on 1 November 2007. However on 15 March 2018, it was split off into two new districts: Afigya Kwabre South District and Afigya Kwabre North District. The district assembly was the northern part of Ashanti Region and had Kodie as its capital town.
Sekyere Central District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Sekyere West District in 1988, which was created from the former Sekyere District Council. However on 1 November 2007, the eastern part of the district was split off to create Sekyere Central District; while the remaining portion has since then been officially renamed as Mampong Municipal District, which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year. The district assembly is located in the northern part of Ashanti Region and has Nsuta as its capital town.
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