Dompoase, a suburb of Kumasi, and located in the Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Kumasi is the capital of the region, considered the wealthiest and most powerful in the nation.

[5] In November 2009, Dompoase was the site of a collapse of an illegal gold mine, in which 18 people were killed, including 13 women.

National officials said this was the worst mine collapse in Ghanaian history.

It highlighted dangers for the galamseys, thousands of independent artisanal workers in gold mining who work by hand.