Obuasi

Obuasi
Obuasi Location in Ghana
Coordinates: 06°12′00″N 01°41′00″W / 6.2°N 1.6833333°W / 6.2; -1.6833333
Country	Ghana
Region	Ashanti Region
District
Population (2000)
- Total	115,564

Obuasi is a city in southern Ghana, lying south of Kumasi. It has a population of 115,564 (2000 census) On the railway line from Kumasi to Sekondi, it is known for its gold mine, now one of the ten largest in the world, gold having been mined on the site since at least the seventeenth century. Tourists can visit the mine by arranging with the Public Relations Directorate of AGA. Operated by the Anglo Gold Ashanti (AGA), formerly the Ashanti Gold Company, it was the company's largest mine until the company's merger with the South African company AngloGold.

Notable people from the city include the footballer John Mensah and Sam E. Jonah, KBE, the former CEO of Ashanti Goldfields Company. Ashanti Gold Sporting Club, a football club, and Adullam orphanage are also located within the city.

Obuasi is also noted for the great health care facilities such as AGA Hospital owned by Anglo Gold and also a private health facility, St. Jude Hospital, owned by Dr. George Owusu-Asiedu. The facility is noted for many successful surgeries and numerous successful births at the maternity wing of the hospital run by the former president of the Ghana Midwives Association, Mrs. Priscilla Owusu-Asiedu. Obuasi also has an airstrip, at a nearby village.

As of September 13, 2008, Obuasi was signed in as another Sister City of Riverside, California, USA.

See also

• Railway stations in Ghana

References

External links

• MSN Map

Coordinates: 06°12′N 01°41′W / 6.2°N 1.683°W / 6.2; -1.683