Tarkwa is a town in the Western Region of southern Ghana and the capital of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District. Nicknamed the Golden City, it is a centre of gold and manganese mining. The Tarkwa gold mine, a large open-cast operation, lies to the north-west of the town and the Nsuta manganese mine lies to the east. Its conglomeratic reefs are of Tarkwaian type and of mid-Proterozoic age, and the Tarkwa goldfield was found a few years before the Witwatersrand goldfield in South Africa. Mining produces about 24 tons of gold a year. The Iduapriem gold mine lies 10 kilometres to the south. Fante communities include Efuanta, Tamso, Aboso, Akoon, Nzemaline, Bogrekrom and Kwabedu. A population of 218,664 is given for 2021, and mining accidents have occurred in the area.
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1. Tarkwa (Wikipedia)
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Tarkwa has a population of 218,664 people according to 2021 settlement.
Part Of: Ghana, Lead, country
Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana.
On Continent: Africa, Lead, country (Ghana is in Africa)
Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana.
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Lead, country (Western Africa group)
Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana.
View the Source2. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the coordinates of Tarkwa
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"elevation": 73.0,
3. Time in Ghana (Wikipedia)
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The western African country Ghana observes a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC+00:00).
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