Wasa people

The Wassa are Akan people who live predominantly in Ghana.^[1]^[2]

Territory

Wassa territory covers 9,638 km² (3,721 sq mi), almost the same as Central Region (9,826 km² (3,794 sq mi)); Western Region as a whole now covers 14,293 km² (5,519 sq mi).^[3]

The prominent towns in Wasa are: Samreaboi, Asankrangwa, Manso-Amenfi, Wassa Akropong, Bawdie, Bogoso, Prestea, Tarkwa, Daboase, Nsuta and Mpohor.^[4]

Wassa is the largest tribe in Western Region in terms of land and population.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Ghana Administrative Division: Regions and Districts (2021).
^ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The peoples of Africa: an ethnohistorical dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press. pp. 589–590. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
^ TMLT (2021) Detailed Information about the 16 Regions of Ghana and their Capitals. Filed in Articles, Geography and Environmental Studies Project Topics by TMLT Editorials on April 7, 2021.
^ Lists of Districts in Ghana (2022).

[citypopulation.de-1] Ghana Administrative Division: Regions and Districts (2021).

[Olson-2] Olson, James Stuart (1996). The peoples of Africa: an ethnohistorical dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press. pp. 589–590. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.

[TMLT2021-3] TMLT (2021) Detailed Information about the 16 Regions of Ghana and their Capitals. Filed in Articles, Geography and Environmental Studies Project Topics by TMLT Editorials on April 7, 2021.

[Districts-4] Lists of Districts in Ghana (2022).

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