Bekwai | |
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Location of Bekwai in Ashanti | |
Coordinates: 6°27′13″N 1°35′02″W / 6.45361°N 1.58389°W | |
Country | Ghana |
Region | Ashanti |
District | Bekwai Municipal |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 7,267[1] |
Ranked 79th in Ghana | |
Time zone | GMT |
• 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.