Nyinahin
Nyinahin | |
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Mining community and District Capital | |
Location of Nyinahin within Ashanti | |
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City-State | ![]() |
District | Atwima Mponua District |
Government | |
• Type | Absolute Monarchy |
• Body | Manhyia Palace Atwima Mponua District |
• Emperor Asantehene | Osei Tutu II |
Elevation | 636 ft (194 m) |
Population | |
• Ethnicity | Ashanti |
• Nationality | Ashanti |
Nyinahin is a bauxite mining community and small town and is the capital of Atwima Mponua, a district of city-state Ashanti.[1]
Bauxite Mining
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Nyinahin has large unmined bauxite ores reserves estimated at over 350 million metric tonnes (worth over $9 billion or $9,000,000,000+) with a high content of aluminium and silica.[2] The Ashanti people-owned Bauxite-Aluminium industry companies are Ashanti people-owned Volta Aluminum Company (Valco) based in Kumasi and Ashanti people-owned Aluworks based in Kumasi.
Transport
It is proposed to have a railway station under the ECOWAS rail scheme.
See also
References
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