Kibi or Kyebi is a town located in the East Akim Municipal District, Eastern Region of

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 ...

. Its population is 11,677 people as of 2013.

History

Kibi is the traditional capital of the

Akyem Abuakwa Akyem Abuakwa is a traditional kingdom in Ghana. It dates from at least the 16th century. Its capital is and was Kibi, Ghana, Kyebi. Currently, it is a non-sovereign monarchy and part of Ghana, one of the three Akyem states, the others being Akye ...

state in the Eastern region of

(also known as Okyeman). The Ofori Panin paramount stool, the traditional seat of the Okyenhene, is located in Kibi.

Transport

The Kibi

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

serves Kibi a short distance on the Ghana

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network.

Education

Kibi has a number of educational institutions from

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, as well as a school for the deaf, which was founded in 1975 and had 213 students by 2008.

Economy

Tarkwaian rocks, a major source of

gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...

, have been found near Kibi. Several

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

companies, including Paramount Mining Corporation, have been exploring their potential. RUSAL, a major

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Aluminium Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has ...

corporation, 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 (), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)), and diaspore (α-AlO(OH) ...

deposits near Kibi. The town is known for a high volume of galamsey activities, which eventually caused contamination of the Birim River.

Notable people

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 served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the grea ...

Nana Akufo-Addo William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025. He previously served as Attorney General of Ghana, Attorney General from 2001 to 20 ...

, President of Ghana * André Ayew *

Jordan Ayew Jordan Pierre Ayew (born 11 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Winger (association football), winger or Forward (association football), forward for club Leicester City F.C., Leicester Cit ...

* Nana Asante Bediatuo *

Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin is the 35th Chief of Akyem Abuakwa, also called Okyeman in the Eastern Region of Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atla ...

Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, (12 December 1912 – July 1978) was a Ghanaian educator, lawyer and politician who served as the fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.Ernest Nee Pobee Sowah''Report of the Sowah Commission...'' Volum ...

, former Attorney General and Speaker of Parliament * William Ofori-Atta, former Foreign Minister, Former Minister of Education, and Former Chairman of Council Of State * Jones Ofori-Atta, former Deputy Finance Minister * Kwesi Amoako-Atta, first Black Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana and former Finance Minister of Ghana * Susan Ofori-Atta, first female medical doctor in Ghana * S.S. Omane, former Inspector General of Police, IGP * Samuel Atta Akyea, MP for Akyem Abuakwa South * Ofori-Atta I

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