Kibi or ''Kyebi'' is a town and the capital of the

East Akim Municipal District East Akim Municipal District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as East Akim District, which was created from the former East Akim Distric ...

, a district in the Eastern Region of south

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, on the eastern slopes of the

Atewa Range The Atewa Range Forest Reserve (also called the Atiwa-Atwaredu ranges) is in the Akyem Abuakwa region of southeastern Ghana, near the town of Kibi, and south-west of the Kwahu Plateau which forms the south-west boundary of Lake Volta. The range ...

. Kibi lies at an

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of 318 m, and, Kibi has a 2013

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population of 11,677 people.

Transport

Train

Kibi is served at a short distance by a station on the Ghana

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network.

History

Kibi is the traditional capital of the

Akyem Abuakwa Akyem Abuakwa is one of the four states of Akyem in 14th century Africa. Currently, it is part of Ghana. Historically, the Akyem were part of the Adansi Kingdom, which was the first nation to build buildings out of mud. They were therefore were ...

state in Eastern region (also known as Okyeman). The Ofori Panin paramount stool which is the traditional seat of the

Okyenhene Okyenhene is the title of the Tribal King of Akyem Abuakwa Akyem Abuakwa is one of the four states of Akyem in 14th century Africa. Currently, it is part of Ghana. Historically, the Akyem were part of the Adansi Kingdom, which was the first nat ...

is located in Kibi.

Education

Kibi has a number of educational institutions from

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and Kibi also has as school for the deaf, founded in 1975, which by 2008 had 213 students.

Economy

Tarkwaian rocks, a major source of

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, have been found near Kibi. Several

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

companies including Paramount Mining Corporation have been exploring their potential.

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, a major

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applied to the Ghana Minerals Commission and the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Industry Committee for permission to explore the Ghana

bauxite Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO(O ...

deposits near Kibi. The town is known for a lot of

galamsey Galamsey, derived from the phrase "gather them and sell", is a local Ghanaian parlance that means illegal small-scale, gold mining in Ghana. Such workers are known as galamseyers or ''orpailleurs'' in neighboring Francophone nations. Galamseyers ...

activities and these activities has led to the contamination of river Birim.

Health

* Kibi Government Hospital

Railway station

In Kibi there is a railway station, Kibi

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Personalities

Abedi Pele Abedi Ayew ( ; born 5 November 1964), known professionally as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and who served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the g ...

His Excellenct President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,President Of Ghana His or HIS may refer to: Computing * Hightech Information System, a Hong Kong graphics card company * Honeywell Information Systems * Hybrid intelligent system * Microsoft Host Integration Server Education * Hangzhou International School, i ...

André Ayew André Morgan Rami Ayew (; born 17 December 1989), also known as Dede Ayew in Ghana, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and captain of the Ghana national team. He is the second-born son of ...

Jordan Ayew Jordan Pierre Ayew (born 11 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Crystal Palace and the Ghana national team. He is the son of former Ghana captain Abedi Pele and brother of fellow players And ...

* Kokoveli
Boateng Osei Bonsu(Tulenkey
* Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta * Nana Asante Bediatuo *Lawyer Gabby Asare Otchere Darko *Okyehemaa Nana Dokua Adutwumwaa *Osagyefuo kuntunkununku *Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin *Lawyer Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Former Attorney General and Speaker of Parliament *Lawyer William Ofori-Atta, Former Foreign Minister, Former Minister of Education and Former Chairman of Council Of State *Dr Jones Ofori-Atta, Former Deputy Finance Minister *Kwesi Amoako-Atta, First Black Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana and Former Finance Minister of Ghana *Dr. Susan Ofori-Atta, First Female Medical Doctor in Ghana *Grace Ofori-Atta, First Female Librarian in Ghana * S.S.Omane, Former Inspector General of Police, IGP * Lawyer Kwame Acheampong Boateng * Barima Kwaku Dua ( Lawyer Isaac Emmil Osei-Bonsu), ETWIENANAHENE * Brigadier General Twum-Barima, second Female General of the Ghana Armed Forces * Nana Poku Ofori-Atta * Nana Asante Bediatuo, Okyenhene Apagyahene * Nana OWiatuo Amoako-Atta (Professor William Kwabena Ampofo), Okyenhene TOTUOHENE And Head of virology Department Nugochi Memorial Institute of Medical Research * Earl Ofori-Atta * Duke Ofori-Atta * Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta * Lawyer Alice Ofori-Atta, Managing Director-Tema Development Corporation * Joe Ofori-Atta * Hon Samuel Atta Akyea, Mp for Akyem Abuakwa South * kuntunkununku Ofori-Atta, Former Career Diplomat * Yaw Boakye Ofori-Atta, Former Career Diplomat * Sophia Ofori-Atta * Rhoderline Baffour-Gyimah * Nana Sir Ofori-Atta I * Osagyefuo Ofori-Atta II * Osagyefuo Ofori-Atta III * Nana OforiAtta Ayim * Nana Fredua Ofori-Atta * Barima Kwadwo Dua Beyeeman, OKyenhene Sanaahene * Leslie Ampofo * Joseph Ampofo, Managing Director Enterprise Trustees * Pozzo Hayes, Veteran Ghanaian High life Musician

References

{{Authority control Populated places in the Eastern Region (Ghana)