Benchema-Nkatieso
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Benchema-Nkatieso | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 6°26′5″N 2°46′13″W / 6.43472°N 2.77028°W | |
| Country | |
| Region | Western North Region |
| District | Juabeso District |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Benchema and Nkatieso are neighboring villages in the Juabeso district, a district in the southwest quadrant of Western North Region of Ghana, about 86 miles east of the Ivorian border.[1]
People
The Sefwis of Benchema and Nkatieso speak a dialect of the Akan language, and the village's collective literacy rate is nearly 90%. Benchema's area is 23 km2, and that of Nkatieso 31 km2, making a total of 54 km2.