Home to the Asantehene (King of The Ashanti Kingdom), Kumasi is the second largest city of Ghana. It is located about 250 km (by road) northwest of Accra. It is popularly known as "The Garden City" or "heart beat" of Ghana because of its many beautiful species of flowers and plants.

Features of the Kumasi City include the large Kumasi Central Market, Kumasi Airport, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the Manhyia Palace and the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

Get to taste Ghana's local dish Fufu at its best prepared in spicy goat meat soup. Public transit in the city is provided by a mix of privately owned Mini-buses (known as Tro-Tros), taxis and buses.

Kumasi City has some of the finest secondary schools in Ghana