Bekwai
Sign in to saveBɛkwae (Bekwai) () is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Bekwai is the seventy-ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 7,267 people as of 2013. Bekwai and Bekwai Municipal are south of Kumasi and north of Obuasi. As of 2021, the mayor of the municipal is Hon. Kwaku Kyei Baffour.
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- Locality
- Bekwai
- Region
- Ashanti Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 32,082
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bɛkwae (Bekwai)
- Settlement.native_name
- = Bɛkwae
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ashanti#Ghana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Bekwai in Ashanti, Central Ghana
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bekwai Municipal
- Settlement.government_type
- Mayor–council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hon. Kwaku Kyei Baffour
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_note
- Ranked 79th in Ghana
- Settlement.population_total
- 7,267
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Municipal area
- Topography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Administration
- Economy
- Telecommunication
- Healthcare
- Education
- Train station
- See also
- References
- External links
Bɛkwae (Bekwai) () is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Bekwai is the seventy-ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 7,267 people as of 2013. Bekwai and Bekwai Municipal are south of Kumasi and north of Obuasi. As of 2021, the mayor of the municipal is Hon. Kwaku Kyei Baffour.
== Geography == === Municipal area === Bekwai is located in the Bekwai Municipal, which covers a land area of . The district bordered the Bosomtwe District to the north, the Adansi North District towards the south, the Bosome Freho District to the east and the Amansie Central District and Amansie West District towards the west.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bekwai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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