Mampong
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.
Asante Mampong | |
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_location_map.png.webp)  Asante Mampong Location of Mampong within Ashanti | |
| Coordinates: 7°4′N 1°24′W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region |  Ashanti |
| Municipality | Mampong Municipal |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 42,037[1] |
| • Ethnicity | Ashanti people |
| • Nationality | Ghana |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Education
The Amaniampong Senior High School is located in Mampong.[3]
Namesakes
There are several settlements in the Ashanti Region with this name.
Notable residents
- Mohammed Aminu
- Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), author
- J. H. Kwabena Nketia (1921-2019), ethnomusicologist and composer
- Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko (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
- Akwasi Ampofo Adjei, founder and leader of Kumapim Royals Band, a renowned highlife musician
- Benjamin Samuel Kofi Kwakye, former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service
- Agyeman Badu Akosa (1953 to date), Ghanaian educator, politician, pathologist
- Reginald Reynolds Amponsah (b. 1919), potter, politician, former Minister of State
- Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong (b. 1958), former Deputy High Commissioner and Member of Parliament
Villages
- Mprim
- Bosofour
- Daaho
- Adweho
- Copa
- Asikafor Amantem
- Tunsuom
- Zongo
- Akyeremade
- Ademra
- Lowcost
- Old Daamang
- New Daamang
- 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
- Owuobong
- Nwaadan
Note
The centre for Plant Medicine is not in Mampong Ashanti but in Akuapim Mampong in the Eastern Region. Ashante Mampong however serves as an educational hub in the Ashanti Region with institutions such as University of Winneba College of Agriculture, Mampong Technical College of Education, St Monica's College of Education, Mampong Nursing and Midwifery Training College, 3 senior high schools and numerous junior high and elementary schools.
References
- "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
- "Mampong Municipal District".
- "Meduma arson: Victim gets support to enable him further his education - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
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