Nyinahin
| Nyinahin | |
|---|---|
| Mining community and District Capital | |
_location_map.png)  Nyinahin Location of Nyinahin within Ashanti | |
| Coordinates: 06°36′00″N 02°07′00″W / 6.60000°N 2.11667°W | |
| City-State |
 Ashanti |
| 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
Main article: Economy of Ashanti
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
- ↑ "About Atwima Mponua".
- ↑ "Mineral exploration & Mining industry". drabeny.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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Coordinates: 06°36′00″N 02°07′00″W / 6.60000°N 2.11667°W
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