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Kumasi

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Ku·ma·si  (k-mäs)
A city of south-central Ghana northwest of Accra. Founded c. 1700, it is a commercial and transportation center in a cocoa-producing region. Population: 1,170,000.
Kumasi [kuːˈmæsɪ]
n
(Placename) a city in S Ghana: seat of Ashanti kings since 1663; university (1961); market town for a cocoa-producing region. Pop.: 578 000 (1998 est.)
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Noun1.Kumasi - a city in southern Ghana
Ghana, Gold Coast, Republic of Ghana - a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British"


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Most of the production of kente is currently concentrated in several villages around Kumasi (the Asante region) in the Twi-speaking area of Ghana; the Agotime area and coastal villages along the Keta Lagoon, both Ewe-speaking areas in Ghana and Togo; and in all major towns in this region.
Ghanaian interweaving in the nineteenth century: a new perspective on ... by Kraamer, Malika / African Arts
Adventurous book lovers may also add a two-day side trip to the Cape Coast slave castles and the Kumasi, the Ashanti capital and center of art and culture.
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A total of 2,064 Mycobacterium isolates were cultured at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research.
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