Nkawkaw is a town in southern Ghana and is the capital of Kwahu West Municipal,[2][3] an area in the Eastern Region of south Ghana.

[1] Nkawkaw is also described as a city in a valley as it the gateway to ascend the Kwahu mountains.

[4] Nkawkaw is situated on the road and former railway between Accra and Kumasi, and lies about halfway between these cities.

Nkawkaw is one of the major towns of the Kwahu Mountains.

Historically it is not considered as a Kwahu town because it is not on top of the mountain range.