Bekwai

Bekwai
Town & District Capital
Bekwai is located in Ghana
Bekwai
Bekwai
Location of Bekwai in Ashanti
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
Population
 (2013)
 • Total7,267[1]
 Ranked 79th in Ghana
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Bekwai is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[2] Bekwai is the seventy-ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 7,267 people.[1] Bekwai and Bekwai Municipal are south of the Ashanti regional capital of Kumasi, north of Obuasi.

  1. ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
  2. ^ Touring Ghana - Ashanti Region Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. touringghana.com.