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'{{Use Ghanaian English|date=January 2023}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Obuasi |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = Sikakrom, Gold Town |settlement_type = [[mining community|Mining Town]] & Municipality Capital |motto = Unity in Development <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Tutuka.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = {{small|Obuasi is the location of one of the largest know gold deposits on Earth: the [[Obuasi Gold Mine]] at the Obuasi [[Gold bar]] [[Mining community]] in the [[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]].<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>}} |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = Seal (Emblem) of Obuasi.png |seal_size = 100px |seal_link = Seal (emblem) |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Ashanti<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Obuasi within [[City-state]] [[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]] |pushpin_map1 = <!--Ghana--><!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position1 = |pushpin_map_caption1 = <!--Location of Obuasi within Ghana--> <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type =<!--Sovereign state--> |subdivision_name ={{flag|Ghana}} |subdivision_type1 = [[City-state]] |subdivision_name1 = {{nowrap|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Ashanti.svg}} [[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]]}} |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = [[Obuasi Municipal District|Obuasi Municipal]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- government type, leaders --> | government_type = {{nowrap|[[Absolute monarchy]]}} | governing_body = {{nowrap|[[Manhyia Palace]]<br/>[[Obuasi Municipal District|Obuasi Municipal]]}} | leader_title = {{nowrap|Emperor [[Asantehene]]}} | leader_name = [[Osei Tutu II]] |government_footnotes = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2012 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =175,043<ref name="World Gazetteer">{{cite web |url=http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155500/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=World Gazetteer online |publisher=World-gazetteer.com }}</ref> |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_demonym = [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]]<br/>Obuasian |population_blank1_title = [[Ethnic group|Ethnicity]] |population_blank1 = [[Ashanti people]] |population_blank2_title = Nationality |population_blank2 = [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]] |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time]] |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|06|12|00|N|01|41|00|W|region:GH|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 101 |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Obuasi''' is a [[gold]] [[mining community]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agyeman |first=Adwoa |date=2019-01-22 |title=Akufo-Addo reopens Obuasi gold mine |url=https://www.adomonline.com/akufo-addo-reopens-obuasi-gold-mine/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Adomonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref> 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, {{convert|39|mi|km|abbr=off}} 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]], one of the largest gold deposits 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> ==Economy== {{Main|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.<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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corporate profile |url=https://www.anglogoldashanti.com/company/corporate-profile/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=AngloGold Ashanti |language=en-ZA}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obuasi, Ghana |url=https://www.anglogoldashanti.com/portfolio/africa/obuasi/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=AngloGold Ashanti |language=en-ZA}}</ref>{{update inline|date=December 2022}} ==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.<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== 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), Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC) was the largest mine until the AGC company merged <ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=Gold Fields, Anglogold Ghana Team Up To Create Africa's Biggest Gold Mine |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/business/news/202303/484791.php |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news}}</ref> 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== {{See also|List of Senior High Schools in Ashanti Region|l1=List of senior high schools in Ashanti}} Obuasi is the site of the [[Obuasi Senior High Technical School]], a [[mixed-sex education|coeducational]] second cycle [[Public school (government funded)|public]] high school.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Obuasi Sec-Tech old students support alma mater|url = http://graphic.com.gh/news/education/15273-obuasi-sec-tech-old-students-support-alma-mater.html|access-date = 5 August 2015}}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |url=https://www.knust.edu.gh/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.knust.edu.gh}}</ref> (KNUST)-Obuasi Campus. ==Climate== [[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% - 80% in the [[wet season]]s. {{Weather box |location = Obuasi |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |temperature colour = pastel |Jan high F = 89 |Feb high F = 87 |Mar high F = 87 |Apr high F = 87 |May high F = 89 |Jun high F = 84 |Jul high F = 80 |Aug high F = 80 |Sep high F = 79 |Oct high F = 86 |Nov high F = 89 |Dec high F = 89 |year high F = 86 |Jan low F = 75 |Feb low F = 76 |Mar low F = 76 |Apr low F = 77 |May low F = 77 |Jun low F = 75 |Jul low F = 73 |Aug low F = 71 |Sep low F = 70 |Oct low F = 75 |Nov low F = 76 |Dec low F = 76 |year low F = 75 |rain colour = green |Jan rain inch = 1.0 |Feb rain inch = 1.0 |Mar rain inch = 3.0 |Apr rain inch = 5.0 |May rain inch = 8.0 |Jun rain inch = 9.0 |Jul rain inch = 4.0 |Aug rain inch = 1.0 |Sep rain inch = 3.0 |Oct rain inch = 6.0 |Nov rain inch = 5.0 |Dec rain inch = 4.0 |source 1 = Myweather2.com<ref name=Myweather2> {{cite web |url =http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Ghana/Obuasi/climate-profile.aspx |title = Obuasi Weather Averages |publisher= Myweather2 |year=2013 }} Retrieved 20 June 2013. </ref> |date=June 2013 }} ==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<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Jude Hospital Obuasi - Obuasi - WorldPlaces |url=https://ghana.worldplaces.me/view-place/52442685-st-jude-hospital-obuasi.html |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=ghana.worldplaces.me |language=en}}</ref>, 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== [[File:Obuasi Golf course.jpg|thumb|200px|Obuasi [[Golf course]] in [[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]].]] Obuasi has a [[golf course]],<ref name="Obuasi Golf Course Photos">{{cite web|url=http://kansila.com/2014/10/15/photos-obuasi-golf-course/|title=Obuasi Golf Course Photos|access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> and the Obuasi [[Ashanti Gold Sporting Club]], a professional [[Ashanti Gold S.C.|football club]], is based at Obuasi's [[Len Clay Stadium]].<ref name="Ashanti Gold Sporting Club">{{cite web|url=http://ashantigoldsportingclub.com/about-us.php|title=Ashanti Gold Sporting Club |access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> ==Notable people== Notable people from Obuasi [[mining community|mining town]] include: * [[Sam E. Jonah]] ([[Order of the British Empire|KBE]]), the former CEO of [[Ashanti Goldfields Corporation|Ashanti Goldfields Company]],<ref name="Directors: Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, KBE, OSG, Executive Chairman">{{cite web|url=http://www.jonahcapital.com/au_directors.php|title=Directors: Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, KBE, OSG, Executive Chairman|access-date=5 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140301212530/http://www.jonahcapital.com/au_directors.php|archive-date=1 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[Jonathan Mensah]], Ghanaian footballer * [[Yaw Boakye Yiadom]],<ref name="Yaw Boakye Yiadom">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ejnbo|title=Yaw Boakye Yiadom|date=15 December 2018|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> * [[John Mensah]], Ghanaian footballer.<ref name="Interview with John Mensah">{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanafa.org/pages/magazine_interviews/200709/2338.php|title=Interview with John Mensah|date=24 September 2007|access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> ==Sister cities== As of 13 September 2008, Obuasi has been a sister city of [[Riverside, California]], United States.<ref name="Riverside's Sister Cities">{{cite web|title=Riverside's Sister Cities|url=http://www.riversideca.gov/mayor/international.asp|year=2009|publisher=City of Riverside, California|access-date=5 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221025509/https://www.riversideca.gov/mayor/international.asp|archive-date=21 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Sovereign state !! colspan=2|City !! colspan=2| State !! colspan=2| Date |- | {{flagicon|US}} United States || [[File:Flag of Riverside, California.svg|center|23px]] || [[Riverside, California|Riverside]] || [[File:Flag of California.svg|center|23px]] || California || 2008 ||<ref name="Riverside's Sister Cities"/> |} == See also == * [[Obuasi Gold Mine]] == References == {{reflist}} {{coord|06|12|N| 01|41|W|display=title}} {{Ashanti Region, Ghana||state=expanded}} {{GhanaLargestCities|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Populated places in the Ashanti Region]]'