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Kumasi
Kumasi
(historically spelled
Kumase
or
Coomassie
)
Kumasi Metropolis
, is a
metropolis
in
Ghana
and is the
capital city
of
Ashanti
situated on the semi-island
exclave
Ashantiland
.
Ashanti
is centered around the Ashanti capital city Kumasi – also spelled Kumasi metropolis. The immediate territory surrounding the Ashanti capital Kumasi metropolis is called
Ashanti
. Kumasi is situated 30 kilometers north-east of a
Crater Lake
the
Lake Bosumtwi
, in a
rain forest
region, and is the industrial
commercial area
and
financial center
of
Ashanti
and the
Ashanti Kingdom
as well as
Ashantiland
. Kumasi metropolis is situated west and south of
Lake Volta
, a large artificial reservoir completed in 1965, and north of the
Crater Lake
Lake Bosumtwi
situated within
Ashanti
and approximately north of
the Equator
and north of the
Gulf of Guinea
. Kumasi metropolis is alternatively known as "The Garden City" because of its many beautiful species of flowers and plants. Kumasi metropolis is also called Oseikrom in the
Ashanti language
(
Ashanti Twi
) the
official language
and major
first language
of Kumasi metropolis along with the
English language
.
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