Akwatia
| Country | Ghana  |
|---|---|
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Denkyembour District |
| Located in time zone | Greenwich Mean Time |
| Coordinate location | 6°3′0″N 0°48′0″W |
Akwatia be sam town for Denkyembour insyd, sam district wey dey Eastern Region of south Ghana insyd den west of de Atewa Range for de Birim River basin insyd. Akwatia get 2013 settlement population of 23,766 people.[1] Akwatia be de main center of diamond extraction for Ghana insyd. De town be de center of de Denkyembour parliamentary constituency.
Dema Facilities
[edit | edit source]Dema Education
[edit | edit source]Schools dey include St. Rose's´High School[2] den Akwatia Technical Institute.[3]
Dema Healthcare
[edit | edit source]Akwatia fi boast of two hospitals, De Saint Dominic's Hospital den De Ghanaian Consolidated Diamonds Company Hospital (G.C.D Hospital). De Saint Dominic's Hospital wey dey Akwatia insyd be sam 320-bed facility, wey ebe well-equipped wey de hospital san open sam Eye Clinic for 2003.[4]
Diamond mining
[edit | edit source]De Akwatia diamond field dey lie for Birimian rocks insyd wey dem produce more than 100,000,000 carats (20,000 kg) of diamonds, wey ebe mostly industrial grade.[5] De Ghana government-owned Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD) be de only formal commercial producer of diamonds, wey dey use strip mining plus Manitowoc draglines.[6] Dem identify Large additional resources of diamonds for de nearby Birim River deposits insyd, wey edey include sam altered meta-lamproite wey go fi represent sam primary diamond source.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
- ↑ Online, Peace FM. "E/R: St. Roses Old Students Held 2022 Thanksgiving Service At Akwatia". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ↑ "Akwatia Technical Institute student stabs teacher". GhanaWeb. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ↑ "St Dominic's Hospital to operate Eye clinic". Modern Ghana Media Communication Limited. 2003-05-13. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ↑ Canales, Dylan G. "The Akwatia Diamond Field, Ghana: Source Rocks". gsa.confex.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ↑ "Geology and Mineral Deposits". Minerals Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ↑ Kogel, Jessica Elzea, ed. (2006). Industrial minerals & rocks : commodities, markets, and uses. Littleton, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. ISBN 0-87335-233-5.