Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Obuasi is a city in southern Ghana, lying south of Kumasi. It has a population of 115,564 (2000 census) On the railway line from Kumasi to Sekondi, it is known for its gold mine, now one of the ten largest in the world, gold having been mined on the site since at least the seventeenth century. Tourists can visit the mineby arranging with the Public Realations Directorate of AGA.Operated by the Anglo Gold Ashanti (AGA), formerly the Ashanti Gold Company, it was the company''s largest mine until the company''s merger with the South African company AngloGold.