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'''Obuasi''' is a gold [[mining community]] and town that is the capital of the [[Obuasi Municipal District]] in the [[Ashanti Region]] of [[Ghana]].<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/> It lies in the southern part of the Obuasi Municipal, 39 miles (59.4 kilometres) south-west of Ashanti capital city [[Kumasi]].<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/> Obuasi has a population of 175,043 people.<ref name="World Gazetteer"/> Obuasi mining community has a mixture of the [[Ashanti people]] culture and the semi-island [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] [[Ashantiland]].<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/>
'''Obuasi''' is a gold [[mining community]] and town which is the capital of the [[Obuasi Municipal District]] in the [[Ashanti Region]] of [[Ghana]].<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/> It lies in the southern part of the Obuasi Municipal, 39 miles (59.4 kilometres) south-west of Ashanti capital city [[Kumasi]].<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/> Obuasi has a population of 175,043 people.<ref name="World Gazetteer"/> Obuasi mining community has a mixture of the [[Ashanti people]] culture and the semi-island [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] [[Ashantiland]].<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/>


Obuasi is home to the [[Obuasi Gold Mine]], the top-9 single richest bullion [[gold bar]] [[gold mining|gold mine]] on Earth.<ref name="World's top 10 gold deposits">{{cite web|url=http://www.mining.com/web/worlds-top-10-gold-deposits/|title=World's top 10 gold deposits|date=7 August 2013 |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/> The [[Gold Coast (region)|Gold Coast region]] was named after the large amount of gold mined historically at Obuasi and the broader Ashanti Region.<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation">{{cite web|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/105/1/Taylor_An_economic_history_of_the_Ashanti_Goldfields_Corporation,_1895-2004.pdf|title=An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation|type=PDF|access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref>
Obuasi is home to the [[Obuasi Gold Mine]], the top-9 single richest bullion [[gold bar]] [[gold mining|gold mine]] on Earth.<ref name="World's top 10 gold deposits">{{cite web|url=http://www.mining.com/web/worlds-top-10-gold-deposits/|title=World's top 10 gold deposits|date=7 August 2013 |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/> The [[Gold Coast (region)|Gold Coast region]] was named after the large amount of gold mined historically at Obuasi and the broader Ashanti Region.<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation">{{cite web|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/105/1/Taylor_An_economic_history_of_the_Ashanti_Goldfields_Corporation,_1895-2004.pdf|title=An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation|type=PDF|access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref>
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Obuasi is known for the [[Obuasi Gold Mine]], one of the largest underground gold mines in the world. Gold has been mined on the site since at least the seventeenth century.<ref name="World's top 10 gold deposits">{{cite web|url=http://www.mining.com/web/worlds-top-10-gold-deposits/|title=World's top 10 gold deposits|date=7 August 2013 |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref>
Obuasi is known for the [[Obuasi Gold Mine]], one of the largest underground gold mines in the world. Gold has been mined on the site since at least the seventeenth century.<ref name="World's top 10 gold deposits">{{cite web|url=http://www.mining.com/web/worlds-top-10-gold-deposits/|title=World's top 10 gold deposits|date=7 August 2013 |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref>


The Obuasi Gold Mine is currently being recapitalized after having been put into care and Maintenance in 2014. The mine is expected to reach full production in 2022 after which it is expected to have a mine life in excess of 20 years.{{update inline|date=December 2022}}
The Obuasi Gold Mine is currently being recapitalised after having been put into Care and Maintenance in 2014. The mine is expected to reach full production in 2022 after which it is expected to have a life of mine of excess of 20 years.{{update inline|date=December 2022}}


==Transportation==
==Transportation==


===Train and air===
===Train and air===
Obuasi train station is on the Ashanti [[railway line]] to and from Kumasi (39 miles or 59.4 kilomers,es or 1 ho,ur 2 minutes south-west of Kumas,i) and Obuasi also has an [[airstrip]] and airport.<ref name="AngloGold Ashanti Opens Obuasi Airport">{{cite web|url=http://venturesafrica.com/anglogold-ashanti-open-ghanas-second-largest-airport/|title=Business: AngloGold Ashanti Opens Obuasi Airport|date=4 September 2012 |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref>
Obuasi train station is on the Ashanti [[railway line]] to and from Kumasi (39 miles or 59.4 kilometres or 1 hour 2 minutes south-west of Kumasi) and Obuasi also has an [[airstrip]] and airport.<ref name="AngloGold Ashanti Opens Obuasi Airport">{{cite web|url=http://venturesafrica.com/anglogold-ashanti-open-ghanas-second-largest-airport/|title=Business: AngloGold Ashanti Opens Obuasi Airport|date=4 September 2012 |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref>


==Tourist attractions==
==Tourist attractions==
Tourists can visit the town's mine by arranging with the Public Relations Directorate of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC).<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation" /> Operated by the [[Ashanti Goldfields Corporation]] (AGC), formerly the [[State-owned]] [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]] company [[Ashanti Goldfields Corporation]] (AGC), it was the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC) company's largest mine until the AGC company merged in 2004 to create the world's second-largest gold pr,oducer, [[AngloGold Ashanti|Anglo Gold Ashanti]] (AGA) with the merging of the South African company [[AngloGold]].<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/>
Tourists can visit the town's mine by arranging with the Public Relations Directorate of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC).<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation" /> Operated by the [[Ashanti Goldfields Corporation]] (AGC), formerly the [[State-owned]] [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]] company [[Ashanti Goldfields Corporation]] (AGC), it was the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC) company's largest mine until the AGC company merged in 2004 to create the world's second-largest gold producer, [[AngloGold Ashanti|Anglo Gold Ashanti]] (AGA) with the merging of the South African company [[AngloGold]].<ref name="An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation"/>


==Education==
==Education==
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==Climate==
==Climate==
[[File:OSC Hill Obuasi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|OSC Hill of Obuasi in [[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]].]]
[[File:OSC Hill Obuasi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|OSC Hill of Obuasi in [[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]].]]
Obuasi has a semi-equatorial [[tropical savanna climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Aw'') with two rainy seasons. The main rainy season is from March to July, with May and June being typically the year's wettest months, whilst a lighter rainy season occurs from September to November. The average annual rainfall in Obuasi is around {{convert|1270|mm|inch|0|disp=or}} and the average temperature {{convert|26.5|°C|1|disp=or}} with highs of {{convert|30|°C|disp=or}} and lows of {{convert|23|°C|1|disp=or}}. Relative [[humidity]] is around 75[[humidity|–]] 80% in the [[wet season]]s.
Obuasi has a semi-equatorial [[tropical savanna climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Aw'') with two rainy seasons. The main rainy season is from March to July, with May and June being typically the year's wettest months, whilst a lighter rainy season occurs from September to November. The average annual rainfall in Obuasi is around {{convert|1270|mm|inch|0|disp=or}} and the average temperature {{convert|26.5|°C|1|disp=or}} with highs of {{convert|30|°C|disp=or}} and lows of {{convert|23|°C|1|disp=or}}. Relative [[humidity]] is around 75% - 80% in the [[wet season]]s.
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{{See also|List of hospitals in Ashanti}}
{{See also|List of hospitals in Ashanti}}


Obuasi is also noted for its healthcare facilities, such as the AGA Hospital, owned by the Anglo Gold corporation, and also for a private health facility, St. Jude Hospital, owned by Dr. George Owusu-Asiedu.<ref name="Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine">{{cite web|url=http://www.phmed.umu.se/digitalAssets/104/104567_michael-okai-atakora.pdf|title=Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine|type=PDF|date=May 2012|access-date=5 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018233110/http://www.phmed.umu.se/digitalAssets/104/104567_michael-okai-atakora.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The facility is noted for many successful surgeries and numerous successful births at the maternity division of the hospital.<ref name="Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine"/>
Obuasi is also noted for its healthcare facilities, such as the AGA Hospital owned by the Anglo Gold corporation, and also for a private health facility, St. Jude Hospital, owned by Dr George Owusu-Asiedu.<ref name="Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine">{{cite web|url=http://www.phmed.umu.se/digitalAssets/104/104567_michael-okai-atakora.pdf|title=Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine|type=PDF|date=May 2012|access-date=5 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018233110/http://www.phmed.umu.se/digitalAssets/104/104567_michael-okai-atakora.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The facility is noted for many successful surgeries and numerous successful births at the maternity division of the hospital.<ref name="Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine"/>


==Golfing and stadium==
==Golfing and stadium==

Revision as of 16:24, 14 January 2023

Obuasi
Mining Town & Municipality Capital
Obuasi is the location of the 9 largest gold mines on Earth: the Obuasi Gold Mine at the Obuasi Gold bar Mining community in the Ashanti.[1]
Obuasi is the location of the 9 largest gold mines on Earth: the Obuasi Gold Mine at the Obuasi Gold bar Mining community in the Ashanti.[1]
Official seal of Obuasi
Seal
Nickname(s): 
Sikakrom, Gold Town
Motto: 
Unity in Development
Obuasi is located in Ashanti
Obuasi
Obuasi
Location of Obuasi within City-state Ashanti
Coordinates: 06°12′00″N 01°41′00″W / 6.20000°N 1.68333°W / 6.20000; -1.68333
City-state Ashanti
MunicipalityObuasi Municipal
Government
 • TypeAbsolute monarchy
 • BodyManhyia Palace
Obuasi Municipal
 • Emperor AsanteheneOsei Tutu II
Elevation
331 ft (101 m)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
175,043[2]
 • Ethnicity
Ashanti people
 • Nationality
Ashanti
Demonym(s)Ashanti
Obuasian
Time zoneGreenwich Mean Time
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Obuasi is a gold mining community and town which is the capital of the Obuasi Municipal District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[3] It lies in the southern part of the Obuasi Municipal, 39 miles (59.4 kilometres) south-west of Ashanti capital city Kumasi.[3] Obuasi has a population of 175,043 people.[2] Obuasi mining community has a mixture of the Ashanti people culture and the semi-island exclave Ashantiland.[3]

Obuasi is home to the Obuasi Gold Mine, the top-9 single richest bullion gold bar gold mine on Earth.[1][3] The Gold Coast region was named after the large amount of gold mined historically at Obuasi and the broader Ashanti Region.[3]

Economy

Main article: Economy of Ashanti

Obuasi is known for the Obuasi Gold Mine, one of the largest underground gold mines in the world. Gold has been mined on the site since at least the seventeenth century.[1]

The Obuasi Gold Mine is currently being recapitalised after having been put into Care and Maintenance in 2014. The mine is expected to reach full production in 2022 after which it is expected to have a life of mine of excess of 20 years.[needs update]

Transportation

Train and air

Obuasi train station is on the Ashanti railway line to and from Kumasi (39 miles or 59.4 kilometres or 1 hour 2 minutes south-west of Kumasi) and Obuasi also has an airstrip and airport.[4]

Tourist attractions

Tourists can visit the town's mine by arranging with the Public Relations Directorate of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC).[3] Operated by the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC), formerly the State-owned Ashanti company Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC), it was the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC) company's largest mine until the AGC company merged in 2004 to create the world's second-largest gold producer, Anglo Gold Ashanti (AGA) with the merging of the South African company AngloGold.[3]

Education

See also: List of senior high schools in Ashanti

Obuasi is the site of the Obuasi Senior High Technical School, a coeducational second cycle public high school.[5] Christ the King Catholic Senior High School, St. Margaret Senior High School, and the College of Integrated Health Care. Obuasi is the site for the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)-Obuasi Campus.

Climate

OSC Hill of Obuasi in Ashanti.

Obuasi has a semi-equatorial tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with two rainy seasons. The main rainy season is from March to July, with May and June being typically the year's wettest months, whilst a lighter rainy season occurs from September to November. The average annual rainfall in Obuasi is around 1,270 millimetres or 50 inches and the average temperature 26.5 °C or 79.7 °F with highs of 30 °C or 86 °F and lows of 23 °C or 73.4 °F. Relative humidity is around 75% - 80% in the wet seasons.

Climate data for Obuasi
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32
(89) 		31
(87) 		31
(87) 		31
(87) 		32
(89) 		29
(84) 		27
(80) 		27
(80) 		26
(79) 		30
(86) 		32
(89) 		32
(89) 		30
(86)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 24
(75) 		24
(76) 		24
(76) 		25
(77) 		25
(77) 		24
(75) 		23
(73) 		22
(71) 		21
(70) 		24
(75) 		24
(76) 		24
(76) 		24
(75)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 25
(1.0) 		25
(1.0) 		76
(3.0) 		130
(5.0) 		200
(8.0) 		230
(9.0) 		100
(4.0) 		25
(1.0) 		76
(3.0) 		150
(6.0) 		130
(5.0) 		100
(4.0) 		1,267
(50)
Source: Myweather2.com[6]

Healthcare

See also: List of hospitals in Ashanti

Obuasi is also noted for its healthcare facilities, such as the AGA Hospital owned by the Anglo Gold corporation, and also for a private health facility, St. Jude Hospital, owned by Dr George Owusu-Asiedu.[7] The facility is noted for many successful surgeries and numerous successful births at the maternity division of the hospital.[7]

Golfing and stadium

Obuasi Golf course in Ashanti.

Obuasi has a golf course,[8] and the Obuasi Ashanti Gold Sporting Club, a professional football club, is based at Obuasi's Len Clay Stadium.[9]

Notable people

Notable people from Obuasi mining town include:

Sister cities

As of 13 September 2008, Obuasi has been a sister city of Riverside, California, United States.[13]

Sovereign state City State Date
United States United States
Riverside
California 2008 [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "World's top 10 gold deposits". 7 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation" (PDF) (PDF). Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Business: AngloGold Ashanti Opens Obuasi Airport". 4 September 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Obuasi Sec-Tech old students support alma mater". Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Obuasi Weather Averages". Myweather2. 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine" (PDF) (PDF). May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Obuasi Golf Course Photos". Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Ashanti Gold Sporting Club". Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Directors: Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, KBE, OSG, Executive Chairman". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Yaw Boakye Yiadom". 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Interview with John Mensah". 24 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Riverside's Sister Cities". City of Riverside, California. 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

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