Nkawie is a large agrarian and service town and the capital of Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

[1] Nkawie is located on the western stretch of the Kumasi Bibiani road and bounded by two other major towns.

The famous Barekese dam also located in the Municipality supplies water to about 75% of Kumasi.

Nkawie is the home town of former Ghanaian president John Kufuor.

[1] The queen mother of Nkawie, Nana Adwoa Kyem II