Kasoa

Kasoa is a peri-urban town in the Awutu Senya East Municipal District of the Central Region of Ghana, and the largest and fastest growing town of that municipality. It lies along the Accra to Cape Coast road, about 28 kilometres by road west of the central business district of Accra and about 36 kilometres west of Accra International Airport, which places it on the western edge of the capital's commuter zone. The Awutu people, part of the Guan ethnic group, are the traditional inhabitants, and the town is now also home to Hausa, Ga, Akan, Ewe, Wala, Dagarti, Mossi and Basare communities. Its population was estimated at 370,384 in 2010. The climate has a five-month dry season from November to March followed by a seven-month rainy season whose heavy rains often bring flooding.