Bekwai

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Bekwai
Town
Bekwai is located in Ashanti
Bekwai
Bekwai
Location of Bekwai in Ashanti, Central Ghana
Bekwai is located in Ghana
Bekwai
Bekwai
Bekwai (Ghana)
Coordinates: 6°27′13″N 1°35′02″W / 6.45361°N 1.58389°W / 6.45361; -1.58389
Country Ghana
Region Ashanti
DistrictBekwai Municipal
Government
[1]
 • TypeMayor–council
 • Municipal mayorHon. Kwaku Kyei Baffour
Elevation
[2]
788—984 ft (240—300 m)
Population
 (2013)[3][4]: 4, 31 
 • Total7,267
 • Ethnicities
 • Religions
 Ranked 79th in Ghana
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT
Postcode district
AB
Area code032 24
ClimateAw
Websitebma.gov.gh Edit this at Wikidata

Bekwai (/bækˈwaɪ/ ⓘ) is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[5] Bekwai is the seventy-ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 7,267 people as of 2013.[3] Bekwai and Bekwai Municipal are south of Kumasi and north of Obuasi.[4] As of 2021, the current mayor of the municipal is Hon. Kwaku Kyei Baffour.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference municipality mayor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bekwai geography overview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012.
  4. ^ a b 2010 population & housing census (PDF) (Report). Bekwai Municipality: Ghana Statistical Service. 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  5. ^ Touring Ghana - Ashanti Region Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. touringghana.com.