Nsawam

Nsawam is a town in southern Ghana and the capital of the Nsawam-Adoagyire Municipal District in the Eastern Region. The main ethnic group is Akan, followed by Ga and then Ewe, and the population was 44,522 in 2013. The town sits on the main railway between Accra and Kumasi and on the highway to Kumasi. The Densu River, which marks the boundary between Nsawam and neighbouring Adoagyiri, is the main source of water for domestic and industrial use in the area. Nsawam is the site of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison, and its schools include St. Martin's Secondary School, Nsawam Secondary School and the BOPA College of Arts and Sciences, a private vocational school for young women. There are two other places in Ghana with the same name.