Ashanti Region
Obuasi is a town in southern Ashanti Region and is the capital of Obuasi Municipal, a district, lying south of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Obuasi is the second largest urban settlement in the Ashanti Region and the eight most populous settlement in terms of population, with a population of 168,641 people, according to Ghana's 2010 Population and Housing Census. It is the largest settlement of the Adansi people.