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Kumasi: History, Former Names & Timeline

Capital of the Asante Empire and home of the Golden Stool.

Map showing Kumasi in 1815Kumasi
Border map for 1815. See the world in 1815.

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Former names of Kumasi

FromNameNote
1680Kumasi

Timeline of Kumasi

YearEvent
1701Osei Tutu founds the Asante Empire
1874British troops enter Kumasi
1900The War of the Golden Stool

Who ruled Kumasi

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–899West African cereal farmers
900–999Mandes
1000–1599West African cereal farmers
1600–1649Unclaimed / no data
1650–1782Akan
1783–1913Asante
1914–1919Gold Coast
1920–1937Ghana
1938–1959Gold Coast
1960–todayGhana

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