Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District

Municipal district in Western Region, Ghana

Municipal District in Western, Ghana

5°18′9″N 1°59′14.64″W / 5.30250°N 1.9874000°W / 5.30250; -1.9874000Country

GhanaRegion

WesternCapitalTarkwaGovernment

• Municipal Chief ExecutiveGeorge Mireku DukerArea

• Total954.8 km² (368.7 sq mi)Population

(2021)

• Total218,664 • Density230/km² (590/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)ISO 3166 codeGH-WP-TN

Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District (French: District Municipal de Tarkwa-Nsuaem) is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Wassa West District in 1988, which was created from the former Wassa-Fiase-Mpohor District Council, until the northern part of the district was split off to create Prestea-Huni Valley District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Tarkwa-Nsuaem District, which was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on that same year to become Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District. The municipality is located in the eastern part of Western Region and has Tarkwa as its capital town.

Geography

Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District is located between Latitude 400’N and 500 40’N and Longitudes 10 45’ W and 20 10’W. It is bounded to the north by the Wassa Amenfi East District, to the south by the Ahanta West District, to the West by the Nzema East Municipal and to the East by Mpohor Wassa East. The municipality has a total land area of 2354 km².^[1]

Resource

The district is one of the richest in Ghana in terms of natural resources. Like, Obuasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, gold is its major natural resource. There is also a manganese mine at Nsuta a suburb of Tarkwa. The Tarkwa glass factory, which was set up by Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah though no defunct is also in the district. The Tarkwa Gold Mine is situated some four kilometers west of the town of Tarkwa.^[2] The district also has the region's only public university - the George Grant University of Mines and Technology.^[3]

Sources

"Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
GhanaDistricts.com

References

^ "Ghana » Western Region » Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal". Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
^ "GOLD FIELDS - Tarkwa Gold Mine". Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
^ "University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa. Ghana - Welcome to University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa - University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa. Ghana". Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-11.