Obuasi

Obuasi

Obuasi is a gold mining community[3] and town which is the capital of the Obuasi Municipal District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[4] It lies in the southern part of the Obuasi Municipal, 39 miles (63 kilometres) south-west of Ashanti capital city Kumasi.[4] Obuasi has a population of 175,043 people.[2] Obuasi mining community has a mixture of the Ashanti people culture and the semi-island exclave Ashantiland.[4] Obuasi is home to the Obuasi Gold Mine, one of the largest known gold deposits on Earth.[1][4] The Gold Coast region was named after the large amount of gold mined historically at Obuasi and the broader Ashanti Region.[4]