Barekese is a town and capital of the

Atwima Nwabiagya District Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Atwima District. Later, part of the district was split off by a dec ...

within

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. It is home to the

Barekese Dam Barekese Dam is a dam on the Ofin River that supports the main water treatment plant for Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, supplying about 80 percent of the potable water for the city and its surrounding environs. It is operated by the Ghana W ...

and

Barekese Senior High School Barekese Senior High School (Basec'') is a coeducational high school in Barekese in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Location Barekese is about from the central part of Kumasi and can be found off the Offinso Road through Abrepo Junction. Histo ...

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Populated places in the Ashanti Region {{AshantiRegion-geo-stub