Bekwai is a

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and the capital of the

Bekwai Municipal Bekwai is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

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.Touring Ghana - Ashanti Region
. touringghana.com. Bekwai is the seventy-ninth most populous

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in Ghana, with a population of 7,267 people. Bekwai and Bekwai Municipal are south of the Ashanti regional capital of

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, north of

Obuasi Obuasi is a Mining Community and town in the southern part of Obuasi Municipal of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Obuasi is the capital of the Obuasi Municipal which lies south of Ashanti capital city Kumasi 39 miles (59.4 kilometres) away south ...

Telecommunication

There are 37 public payphones from a total of 5,000 telephone lines that are installed throughout the Bekwai Municipal District. Also, a post office has been established.

Healthcare and sanitation

There is also the state Bekwai Hospital. Bekwai is one of six municipalities in the Bekwai Municipal District in which tap water is generally available.

Education

Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School is a co-ed second cycle school in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Notable alumni *Kofi Koduah Sarpong Kofi Koduah Sarpong is a Ghanaian business executive and consultant. He is a member of the Ne ...

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St. John Senior High School

Train station

In Bekwai there is a

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