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KumasiSecond-largest city in Ghana, capital of Ashanti region, situated 160 km/100 mi from the coast within the forest zones and 180 km/112 mi northwest of the capital and port of Accra; population (2000) 1,171,300. Kumasi is a major centre of Ghana's transport system, with an airport, as well as road and rail communications. It trades in cocoa, rubber, and cattle and its market is one of the largest in Africa. Food processing, brewing, logging, lumber, and tourism are the main industries. The Ghana National Culture Centre, which includes a zoo, an art gallery, and an open-air theatre, the palace of the Ashanti king, and the Ghanian University of Science and Technology are in Kumasi. HistoryFrom the late 17th century until 1901, when it was absorbed into the British Gold Coast Colony, Kumasi was capital of the Ashanti confederation.
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