Nkawkaw
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Nkawkaw is an important town in the Kwahu West District
of the Eastern Region
of Ghana
, with an estimated population in 2010 at 53,520. The town is inhabited by the Obomeng and Atibie ethnic groups.
Nkawnkaw is situated on the road
and former railway between Accra
and Kumasi
, and lies about halfway between these cities. It is also connected by road to Koforidua
and Konongo
. Nkawkaw is one of the major towns of the Kwahu Mountains. Historically it is not considered as a Kwahu town because its not on top of the mountain range. It is also home to the Nkawkaw Park
(stadium).
Nkawkaw has three hotels. Rojo Hotel is located on the road towards Koforidua and is the best in the town and has a wide range of dishes and a swimming pool. Topway Hotel is located on the same road as Rojo, though it is much closer to the center of town and the Ecowas Point motel is located on the Accra-Kumasi road, in the northern part of Nkawkaw. The rooms have air-conditioning, fans and a television in every room and a good restaurant.
Kwahu West District
The ' is one of the seventeen districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana....
of the Eastern Region
Eastern Region (Ghana)
The Eastern Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It covers an area of 19,323 square kilometres, which is about 8.1% of Ghana's total land area. The region is divided into administrative districts. The total number of districts were increased from 17 districts to 21...
of Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
, with an estimated population in 2010 at 53,520. The town is inhabited by the Obomeng and Atibie ethnic groups.
Nkawnkaw is situated on the road
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...
and former railway between Accra
Accra
Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous...
and Kumasi
Kumasi
Kumasi is a city in southern central Ghana's Ashanti region. It is located near Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about northwest of Accra. Kumasi is approximately north of the Equator and north of the Gulf of Guinea...
, and lies about halfway between these cities. It is also connected by road to Koforidua
Koforidua
Koforidua, also popularly known as Kof-town, is a city in the West African republic of Ghana, about an hour by road from Accra. It is the capital of the Eastern Region of Ghana and has a population of 87,315 ....
and Konongo
Konongo
The Konongo are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Mpanda District of Rukwa Region in western Tanzania. In 1987 the Konongo population was estimated to number 51,000 ....
. Nkawkaw is one of the major towns of the Kwahu Mountains. Historically it is not considered as a Kwahu town because its not on top of the mountain range. It is also home to the Nkawkaw Park
Nkawkaw Park
Nkawkaw Park is a multi-use stadium in Nkawkaw, Ghana. It used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Okwawu United. The stadium holds 5,000 people....
(stadium).
Nkawkaw has three hotels. Rojo Hotel is located on the road towards Koforidua and is the best in the town and has a wide range of dishes and a swimming pool. Topway Hotel is located on the same road as Rojo, though it is much closer to the center of town and the Ecowas Point motel is located on the Accra-Kumasi road, in the northern part of Nkawkaw. The rooms have air-conditioning, fans and a television in every room and a good restaurant.
Notable people
- Ama Aduonum, ethnomusicologist and musician
- Kwasi Aduonum, ethnomusicologist and musician
- George BoatengGeorge BoatengGeorge Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...
, football player - Kwabena Ansong Asante, first to introduce an automated block factory in the Kwahu area. He was a native of obo kwahu and he died around august 2003.
- Felix Boateng Nkansah,Established Educational Volunteer Projects in the communities