Tarkwa

Tarkwa is a city and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district inside the Western Region southwest of South Ghana. Tarkwa has a 2013 settlement populace of 34,941 humans. Tarkwa is stated as a centre of gold mining and manganese mining. Tarkwa Mine, which is a massive open-cast gold mine, is situated to the northwest of the town, and Nsuta manganese mine is located to the east of the metropolis. Tarkwa Mine mines numerous low-grade conglomeratic "reefs" of Tarkwaian kind.

These reefs are of mid-Proterozoic age. A wide variety of mining corporations cluster between the villages of Aboso and Tamso inside the past due nineteenth century. Tarkwa Mine has the difference of being considered one of the most important gold mines in South Ghana. Approximately 24 heaps of gold is produced annually, and one hundred million lots of earth is moved to achieve this production fee. The Iduapriem Gold Mine is likewise located near Tarkwa, 10 km south of the city. The Tarkwa Goldfield was observed a few years earlier than the Witwatersrand Goldfield in South Africa.