Ashanti Empire

Not to be confused with Ashanti Region.

Ashanti Empire Asanteman  (Asante Twi)
1670/1701–1902 1935–1957
National emblem
Map of the Ashanti Empire
Status	State union
Capital	Kumasi
Common languages	Ashanti (Twi) (official)
Religion	Initially Akan religion, later also Christianity
Government	Monarchy
• 1670–1717 (first)	Osei Tutu
• 1888–1896 (13th)	Prempeh I
• 1931–1957 (last)	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	Gold dust Cowry shell (shell currency)
Preceded by Succeeded by Denkyira Bonoman Ashanti (Crown Colony) Ghana
Today part of	Ghana Ivory Coast Togo

The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana and also parts of Ivory Coast and Togo.