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Kumasi (nota come Kumase in lingua twi ed in passato anche come Cumassia, Comassie o Coomassie) è la seconda città del Ghana per popolazione e capoluogo dell'omonimo distretto metropolitano e della regione di Ashanti.
Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. Kumasi is approximately 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of the Equator and 200 kilometres (100 mi) north of the Gulf of Guinea.
Kumasi (früher Coomassie, auch Kumase) ist die Hauptstadt der Ashanti Region in Ghana und seit Anfang des Jahres 2014 die größte Stadt des Landes. In der Region wohnen in einem Radius von etwa 30 bis 35 Kilometern um die Stadt rund 2,5 Millionen Menschen.
Kumasi (nota come Kumase in lingua twi ed in passato anche come Cumassia, Comassie o Coomassie) è la seconda città del Ghana per popolazione e capoluogo dell' omonimo distretto metropolitano e della regione di Ashanti. Viene soprannominata anche the Garden City ( la città giardino) grazie alle numerose specie di fiori e piante che crescono ...
23 apr 2024 · Kumasi, city, south-central Ghana. Carved out of a dense forest belt among hills rising to 1,000 feet (300 metres), Kumasi has a humid, wet climate. Osei Tutu, a 17th-century Asante king, chose the site for his capital and conducted land negotiations under a kum tree, whence came the town’s name.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (abbreviated as the KMA) is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana. It forms part of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana with Kumasi being its administrative capital.
The history of Kumasi dates to the late 17th century when it emerged as the capital of the Ashanti Empire. Although various oral sources differ on the origin of Kumasi , majority agree it emerged as the capital of Ashanti under Osei Kofi Tutu I in the late 17th century.
