Assin

Assin
Asen; Asin
Regions with significant populations
Languages
	Akan

The Assin (also known as Asin and Asen) are an ethnic group of the Akan people who live in Ghana.^[1] The Assin people live predominantly in the Central Region of Ghana.^[2] The capital of the Assin district is Assin Foso.

There are two subdivisions of the Assin people. The Assin Apemanim (or Apimenem) live to the east of the Cape Coast-Kumasi Highway, with Assin Manso as their capital city. The Assin Attendansu (or Atandanso) live to the west of the Highway, with Nyankumasi as their capital city.^[2]

In 1995, their estimated population was 135,000.^[2]

References

^ "Assin". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.

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[1] "Assin". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2023-07-07.

[Olson-2] Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.

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