Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District
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District type	Municipal
District Chief Executive	George Mireku Duker
Capital	Tarkwa
Area	2354 km²
Population (2002)	366,579
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The Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal as one of the Districts in the Western Region of Ghana is located between Latitude 400’N and 500 40’N and Longitudes 10 45’ W and 20 10’W. It Bounded to the north of the district is the Wassa Amenfi East District, the south by the Ahanta West District

Ahanta West District

The Ahanta West District is a district of Ghana in the Western Region.-Sources:*...

, the West by the Nzema East Municipal and the East by Mpohor Wassa East. The Municipality has a total land area of 2354 km².
The district is one of the richest in Ghana in terms of natural resources. Like, Obuasi

Obuasi

Obuasi is a city in southern Ghana, lying south of Kumasi. It has a population of 115,564 On the railway line from Kumasi to Sekondi, it is known for its gold mine, now one of the ten largest in the world, gold having been mined on the site since at least the seventeenth century. Tourists can...

 in the Ashanti region of Ghana, gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

 is its major natural resource. There is also a manganese mine at Awaso a suburb of Tarkwa. The Tarkwa glass factory, which was set up by Ghana's first president

President

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, Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1952 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and the first Prime Minister of Ghana...

 though no defunct is also in the district. The Tarkwa Gold Mine is situated some four kilometers west of the town of Tarkwa. The district also has the regions only public university

Public university

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- the University of Mines and Technology.