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In 1925, the colonial government established the Kumasi Public Health Board as the modern local government. The Kumasi Light and Power Supply was founded within this period. Pipe-borne water was developed in the 1920s. The Kumasi Combined General Hospital and the Kumasi Mental Hospital were also constructed.
Kumasi [a] is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] : 1, 3 It is the second largest city in the country, [ 10 ] : 9 with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. [ 3 ]
The Palace of the Asantehene, located at the centre of Kumasi, was built in 1822 by king Osei Bonsu until its destruction in the Anglo-Ashanti wars. Kumasi was established by the first Ashanti king, Osei Kofi Tutu I, along with the state priest, Okomfo Anokye, in the 17th century. It is on record that Kumasi was viewed as the most impressive ...
The Manhyia Palace Museum is a historical museum located in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana and situated within the Manhyia Palace.First established in 1925 as a private residence for Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I (who had been returning from almost three decades of exile), the Museum currently provides fair insight into the culture of Ashantiland and Ghana's cultural legacy from before its colonization ...
Focus FM is a network radio positioned on campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. It was established in the year 2000 A.D. The stakeholders are the UNIVERSITY, Student Representative Counsel and the Graduate Student Association of Ghana.
Name Location Website Year Established Image Armed Forces Museum: Kumasi: 1953 [1]: Bisa Abrewa Museum: Sekondi-Takoradi: 2019 Cape Coast Castle Museum: Cape Coast
The attack, launched in January 1874 by 2,500 British soldiers and large numbers of African auxiliaries, resulted in the occupation and burning of Kumasi, the Asante capital. [31] [62] The subsequent peace treaty required the Asante to renounce any claim to many southern territories. The Asante also had to keep the road to Kumasi open to trade.
The College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK ) was established in the year 1966 as Technical Teachers College (TTC), later on it was changed to Kumasi Advanced Technical Teachers College (KATTC) in1978.