Ashanti Empire Asanteman (Asante Twi) | |||||||||||||
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Status | State union | ||||||||||||
Capital | Kumasi | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Ashanti(Twi)(official) | ||||||||||||
Religion | Initially Akan religion, later also Christianity | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
• 1670–1717 (first king) | Osei Tutu | ||||||||||||
• 1888–1896 (13th king of the indep. Ashanti Kingdom) | Prempeh I | ||||||||||||
• 1931–1957 (last king of the indep. Ashanti Kingdom) | Prempeh II | ||||||||||||
• 1999–present (Ashanti region absolute monarchy national state within Ghana) | Osei Tutu II | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Asante Kotoko (Council of Kumasi) and the Asantemanhyiamu (National Assembly) | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1701 | ||||||||||||
• Independence from Denkyira | 1701 | ||||||||||||
• Annexed to form a British colony named Ashanti | 1901 | ||||||||||||
• Self-rule | 1935 | ||||||||||||
• State union as Ashanti Region with Ghana | 1957 | ||||||||||||
• State union | Present | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
259,000 km2(100,000 sq mi) | |||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Currency |
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Today part of | Ghana Ivory Coast Togo |