Mampong
Asante Mampong | |
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![]() ![]() Asante Mampong Location of Mampong within Ashanti | |
Coordinates: 7°4′N 1°24′W / 7.067°N 1.400°W | |
Country | Ghana |
Region | ![]() |
Municipality | Mampong Municipal |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 42,037[1] |
• Ethnicity | Ashanti people |
• Nationality | Ghana |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | GMT |
Mampong is a town in the Mampong Municipal of Ashanti and serves as the administrative capital of Mampong Municipal.[2] Mampong has a population of 42,037 people.[1] Mampong is also the centre of the new Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong, inaugurated in 2014.
Namesakes[]
There are several settlements in the Ashanti Region with this name.
Notable residents[]
- Mohammed Aminu
- Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), author
- Brobbey Boakye Malik a student activist and an executive member of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) in 1981
- J. H. Kwabena Nketia (1921-2019), ethnomusicologist and composer
- (b. 1928), lawyer
- Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa (1936–1979), soldier and politician
- Gerald Asamoah (b. 1978), retired footballer who played for the German national team and FC Schalke
- Dr. (1990 to date), Medical Doctor at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, 2020 NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Mampong Constituency, a veteran student leader;former President of National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS 2017/2018) and former President NAHSAG 2015/2016
- (1988 to date), Former SRC president of University of mines and Technology, Tarkwa, a prolific writer, a politician and a Mineral Processing Engineer at Newmont Mining
- Akwasi Ampofo Agyei (late), founder and leader of Kumapim Royals Band, a renowned highlife musician
- I. G. P. Kwakyi, former Inspector General of police
- Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa (1953 to date), Ghanaian educator, politician, pathologist
- (b. 1911), businessman, politician, former District Commissioner
- , entrepreneur, Corporate Control specialist and banker
- Reginald Reynolds Amponsah (b. 1919), potter, politician, former Minister of State
- (died 2016), legal practitioner
- Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong (b. 1958), former Deputy High Commissioner and Member of Parliament
- (b. 1965), former Member of Parliament
- , entrepreneur, politician, and founder of Video City, Ghana.
- Dr Kofi Amaniampong (1944 to date) Ob/Gyn Specialist and Founder of Jubail Specialist Hospital and Fertility Centre, Sakumono
- Commissioner of Police CID/Special Branch J. H. Owusu-Sechere LLB 1918–1986, his nephew Governor, Bank of Ghana, banker/economist Dr J.H. Frimpong-Ansah 1930–1999
Villages[]
- Mprim
- Copa
- Old Daamang
- New Daamang-Site
- Nwaase
- Penteng
- Krobo
- Dadease
- Nwaadan
- Asaam
- Naama
- Nyinampong
- Brofoyeduru
- Benim
- Kofiase
- Hwidiem
- Kyeremfaso
- Bobin
- Nkwanta
- Brengo
- Timber-Nkwanta
- Aboatem
- Bosomkyekye
- Woraso
- Sekuruwa
- Adidwan
- Nintin
- Besease
- Hiamankyene
- Genyakura
- Owuobonh
Note[]
The centre for Plant Medicine is not in Mampong Ashanti but in Akuapim Mampong in the Eastern Region.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
- ^ "Mampong Municipal District".
- ^ Karikari Robert
Categories:
- Populated places in the Ashanti Region