Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of

Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District (french: District Municipal de Tarkwa-Nsuaem) is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Wassa West District in 1988, which was created from the ...

, a district in the Western Region southwest of South

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 ...

.Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District
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population of 34,941 people.

Economy

Mining

Tarkwa is noted as a centre of

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

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 ...

and

manganese Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of industrial alloy use ...

. Tarkwa Mine, which is a large open-cast gold mine, is situated to the northwest of the town, and Nsuta manganese mine is situated to the east of the town. Tarkwa Mine mines several low-grade conglomeratic "reefs" of Tarkwaian type. These reefs are of mid-Proterozoic age. A number of mining companies cluster between the villages of

Aboso Aboso is a town near Tarkwa, and is the capital of Wassa West district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana.

and Tamso in the late 19th century. Tarkwa Mine has the distinction of being one of the largest

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s in South Ghana. Approximately 24 tons of gold is produced annually, and 100 million tons of earth is moved to achieve this production rate. The

Iduapriem Gold Mine The Iduapriem Gold Mine (french: Mine d'or d'Iduapriem) is an open-pit gold mine situated 10 km south of Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana. The mine is owned by AngloGold Ashanti and consists of the Iduapriem and the Teberebie operation, ...

is also located near Tarkwa, 10 km south of the town.Country report: Ghana - Iduapriem
AngloGold Ashanti website, accessed: 10 August 2010 The Tarkwa Goldfield was discovered a few years before the

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Goldfield in

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Climate

Education

High schools

Tarkwa Senior High School Tarkwa Senior High School is a co-educational senior high school in the mining town of Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. History The school was founded in 1961 by the first president of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, under the accelerated Deve ...

(TARSCO) and Fiaseman Senior High School (FIASEC) are located in Tarkwa

University

University of Mines and Technology The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) is a public university located at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. History UMaT was first established as the Tarkwa Technical Institute in 1952. In 1961, the university was changed to the ...

(UMaT), is located in Tarkwa.

Transport

Train

Tarkwa is a junction

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

and is served by Tarkwa Train Station on the

Ghana Railway Corporation Ghana Railway Corporation operates the railways of Transport in Ghana, Ghana. The Ghana Railway Company Limited is a public-sector body with responsibility for the efficient management of the national rail system so as to enhance the smooth mo ...

References

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