Kenyasi is a town in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

and it's the capital of the

Asutifi North District Asutifi North District is one of the six districts in Ahafo Region, Ghana. The District was formerly part of the then-larger Asutifi District since 1988, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Asutifi South District on 2 ...

in the

Ahafo Region The Ahafo Region is a newly created region in Ghana with Goaso as its capital. The region has administrative and governmental legislature like all the ten already existing regions in Ghana. The region was carved out of the south-eastern part of th ...

. Kenyasi is a combination of two towns: Kenyasi No.1 and Kenyasi No.2. Kenyasi has abundance of Gold resources hence

Newmont Newmont Corporation is an American gold mining company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the world's largest gold mining corporation. Incorporated in 1921, it holds ownership of gold mines in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Do ...

, Ghana

Ahafo mine The Ahafo mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Republic of Ghana and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Brong-Ahafo Region. The mine has estimated reserves of 17 million ounces of gold. The company has been a ...

having their operations in the area since 2007. Kenyasi has direct routes to places such as

Mim, Ahafo Mim is a city in the Asunafo North Municipal District in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is a nodal town between Sunyani and Goaso on the N12 road (Ghana), N12 Highway. The distance from Mim to Sunyani is 64 km whiles that of Mim to Goaso is ...

( 24 km);

Hwidiem Hwidiem is a town in the Asutifi district, a district in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. Education Hwidiem is known for the Hwidiem Secondary School. The school is a second cycle institution. Healthcare The St. Elizabeth Hospital is located in ...

(5 km);

Ntotroso Ntotroso is a town in the Asutifi North District in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. The distance from Ntotroso to Kenyasi, the district capital is 13 km while that of Sunyani, the Bono regional capital is 41 km. Notable tertiary institution ...

(13 km). Notable secondary educational institution in this town is the

OLA Girls Senior High School (Kenyasi) Ola Girls' Secondary School is first female second cycle institution in Kenyase No. 2 to be established in the Ahafo Region of Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of G ...

Economy

Agricultural farming is the main occupation in Kenyasi. The major cash crops grown in this area is

cocoa Cocoa may refer to: Chocolate * Chocolate * ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree * Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao'' * Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter and ...

. Plantain, Cassava are among the food crops grown by residents in the area mostly on subsistence basis. Since 2007 when

Ghana established their

, a lot of residents have now been employed in the mining sector. Hood Lyrics Recording Studio, and the Alabama Hotel are some of the businesses which offer employment in Kenyasi.

References

Populated places in the Ahafo Region {{AhafoRegion-geo-stub