According to oral tradition this small tree however produced a couple of other trees which were all small in size. Check out some of Ghana's best new real estate developments 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR SALE AT KUMASI From GH₵1,897,220.52 - GH₵2,574,799.78 Kumasi, Ashanti Larval source management is part of integrated vector management which targets the killing of mosquitoes at the larval stage before they mature into adult mosquitoes. Greater Accra has three public four-year institutions, the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana Institute of Journalism and University of Professional Studies, East Legon, Accra. There is also an active railway line connecting Accra and Tema. This festival originated several centuries ago. ", "The grasscutter shows why it is hard to stop bushmeat hunting", "World Weather Information Service–Kumasi", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kumasi&oldid=987759648#History, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2011, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The Greater Accra Region is bordered on the north by the Eastern Region, on the east by the Volta Region, on the south by the Gulf of Guinea, and on the west by the Central Region. The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. Impressive work Dr Malm said she was impressed with the work done by Zoomlion, and commended the Vector Control Unit of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, saying “I like what I … [4] The Ga people were originally farmers, but today fishing and trading in imported goods are the principal occupations. The airport offers flight to destinations within Ghana, the African continent and to other continents. Around the end of the 17th century, the Asante Kingdom chief fetish Priest Anokye Komfuo planted three "KUM" trees at different places: one at Kwaaman ruled by the Nananom Ayokofuo, a second one at Apemso-Bankofo ruled by Nananom Aduanafuo, and a third at a village near Fomena and Amoafo called Oboani, which was ruled by Nananom Ɛkoɔnafuo. This development, according to the Minister, was a big step towards expanding socio-economic activities in an area, which had not seen any major facelift of its road networks for so many years. Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan attended this institution. There are both government-assisted primary schools in Kumasi and also private primary schools in Kumasi which educate boys and girls between the ages from 6 to 15. Tro tros are usually converted mini-buses that run regular, well-known routes. In 1960 the population of the Greater Accra Region was 491,817. Owing to considerable rural-urban migration driven by the growth of industries and commercial activities in and around the city, the population of Kumasi has increased sharply over the past four decades. Fishermen boats on the beach © Robert Watrel/SDSU, Canopy walk at Kakum National Park © Eric Landsehr/SDSU, The Deforestation of the Upper Guinean Forest, Small reservoirs as engines for local development in the Upper East region of Ghana, Urbanization and deforestation in the Greater Kumasi area. Most of the printing done in Kumasi and Ashanti Region as a whole is done at Asafo. The celebration reaches its climax with a durbar of chiefs, a colourful procession of the Chiefs in palanquins with their retinue. Kumasi is the second largest city in Ghana, after the capital, Accra.[5]. “Between 1984 and 1989, Greater Kumasi benefitted from 110 kilometers of asphalted overlay of its roads undertaken by Messrs Limex Bau Construction Limited. The Kum tree at Kwaaman flourished and became a very big tree under which the King and his people often sat, and so Kwaaman became Kum-ase meaning under Kum. document.write(user + '@' + site + ''); [5] Owing to in-migration and a high population growth rate, however, the region has the highest population density in the country. At the durbar, greetings are exchanged between the chiefs, libations are poured and declarations of allegiance are made. It is the second most populated region, after the Ashanti Region, with a population of 4,010,054 in 2010, accounting for 16.3 per cent of Ghana's total population.[5][6]. So it was said that the Kum tree was dead and the village became Kum-awu and this later changed to become Kumawu. All rights reserved. 2020), This page was last edited on 9 November 2020, at 02:13. The two-week partial lockdown of Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Kasoa is in force as Ghana begins its most drastic measure to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the 2010 census, the region had a population of 4,010,054, making it the second most populous (total number of people) region of Ghana behind the Ashanti Region. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. Kumasi is near Lake Bosomtwe, in a rain forest region, and is the commercial, industrial and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. In 1960, Greater Accra, then referred to as Accra Capital District, was geographically part of the Eastern Region. The main occupations in Kumasi are professional such as services and manufacturing. [7] The capital city of Greater Accra Region is Accra which is at the same time the capital city of Ghana. user = "newswires";