Kumasi
Kumasi is the main city of Ashanti-Kwahu region of Ghana. 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.Photo: Maven Egote, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Manhyia Palace
Photo: Nkansahrexford, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Manhyia Palace is the seat of the Asantehene, as well as his official residence.
Asafo Market
Asafo Market is a trading centre in Asafo, Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti, Ghana, to the western side of the Asafo interchange.Wesley Methodist Cathedral
Photo: ZSM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wesley Methodist Cathedral is a Methodist cathedral located in Kumasi, Ghana.
Localities in the Area
Nhyiaeso
Photo: tobiaseigen, CC BY 2.0.
Nhyiaeso is suburb of Kumasi. Kumasi is the regional capital of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Amakom
Amakom is a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.Danyame
Danyame is suburb of Kumasi. Kumasi is the regional capital of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.Kumasi
- Type: City with 1,520,000 residents
- Description: second largest city of Ghana
- Categories: big city, metropolitan area, million city, human settlement and locality
- Location: Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Ashanti Region, Ashanti-Kwahu, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.6986° or 6° 41' 55" northLongitude
-1.6233° or 1° 37' 24" westPopulation
1,520,000Elevation
270 metres (886 feet)Open Location Code
6CRWM9XG+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 261702404OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2298890Wikidata ID
Q182059Kumasi Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Kumasi
- Akan: Kumase
- Arabic: Kumasi
- Arabic: كوماسى
- Arabic: كوماسي
- Armenian: Գումասի
- 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
- 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
- English: Comassie
- English: Coomassie
- English: Kumase
- Esperanto: Kumasi
- Esperanto: Kumaso
- Estonian: Kumasi
- Farefare: Kumaasi
- Farefare: kumaasi
- Finnish: Kumasi
- French: Kumasi
- Fulah: 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
- Kirghiz: Кумаси шаары
- Korean: 쿠마시
- Latvian: Kumasi
- Lithuanian: Coomassie
- Lithuanian: Kumasi
- Lithuanian: Kumasis
- Luxembourgish: Kumasi
- Macedonian: Кумаси
- Malay: Kumasi
- Marathi: कुमासी
- Moksha: Кумаси
- Mongolian: Кумаси
- N'Ko: ߞߎ߬ߡߊ߬ߛߌ߫
- N'Ko: ߞߎ߬ߡߊ߬ߛߌ߬
- Northern Frisian: Kumasi
- Norwegian: Kumasi
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kumasi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kumasi
- 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
- Slovenian: Kumasi
- South Azerbaijani: کوماسی
- Spanish: Kumasi
- Swahili: Kumasi
- Swedish: Kumasi
- Tajik: Кумосӣ
- Tamil: குமாசி
- Telugu: కుమాసీ
- Thai: คุมาชิ
- Thai: คูมาซี
- Turkish: Kumasi
- 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
- Kumassi
- Кумаси шаары, Гана
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