Nkwatia Kwahu is a town in the Kwahu East district, a district in the Eastern Region of southern Ghana. Nkwatia comes from the etymology 'nkwae' + 'tia' in the Kwahu Akan language. 'Nkwae' means 'forests', and 'tia' means 'short'. It is also the home of St. Peter's Boys Secondary School and Nkwatia Presbyterian Secondary School.