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Akwatia

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Also known as diamond city

Akwatia is the capital of Denkyembour, a district in the Eastern region of south Ghana and west of the Atewa Range in the Birim River basin. Akwatia or Akortia also means "He returned here or there" In the indigenous language formerly known as Oji-Ounji now called Anii. Akwatia has a 2013 settlement population of 23,766 people. Akwatia is the main center of diamond extraction in Ghana. The town is the center of the Denkyembour parliamentary constituency.

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Place details

Locality
Bawdua
Region
Eastern Region
Country
Ghana
Population
33,784
Timezone
Africa/Accra

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Akwatia
Settlement.nickname
diamond city
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Town
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300px
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Ghana
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Akwatia in Eastern Region
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ghana
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Eastern Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Denkyembour
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2013
Settlement.population_total
23,766
Settlement.timezone
GMT
Settlement.timezone_DST
GMT

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Facilities
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Healthcare
  • Diamond mining
  • References

Akwatia is the capital of Denkyembour, a district in the Eastern region of south Ghana and west of the Atewa Range in the Birim River basin. Akwatia or Akortia also means "He returned here or there" In the indigenous language formerly known as Oji-Ounji now called Anii. Akwatia has a 2013 settlement population of 23,766 people. Akwatia is the main center of diamond extraction in Ghana. The town is the center of the Denkyembour parliamentary constituency.

==Facilities==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akwatia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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