Kumasi
capital city of Ashanti Region
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Summary
Kumasi is a city[1]. Kumasi ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,011 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ashanti Region[3], Kumasi Metropolitan District[4]
- Country: Ghana[5]
- Continent: Africa[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], metropolitan area[8], human settlement[9]
- Official language: English[10], Twi[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Ejisu-Juaben Municipal District[12], Adansi North District[13], Adansi South District[14], Afigya Kwabre District[15], Afigya Sekyere East Constituency[16], Ahafo Ano North Municipal District[17], Ahafo Ano South District[18], Amansie Central District[19], Amansie West District[20], Asante Akim North District[21], Asante Akim South District[22], Atwima Mponua District[23], Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District[24], Atwima Kwanwoma District[25]
- Twinned administrative body: Abidjan[26], Treichville[27], Atlanta[28], Almere[29], Charlotte[30], Kitchener[31], Newark[32], City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality[33], Winston-Salem[34], Columbus[35], Ouagadou[36]
- Legislative body: Kumasi Metropolitan District[37]
- Location: Ashanti Region[38]
- Postal code: AK000-AK911[39]
- Commons category: Kumasi[40]
- Has seal, badge, or sigil: seal[41]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[42]
- Local dialing code: 032[43]
- Inception: 1680[44]
- Official website: http://www.kma.gov.gh[45]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kumasi[46]
- Population: 3,903,480[47]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[48], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[49], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[50]
- Capital of: Ashanti Region[51]
- Category for people born here: Q8060237[52]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Kumasi[53]
- Elevation above sea level: 300 m[54]
Why It Matters
Kumasi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Kumasi is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]