Mampong
Asante Mampong | |
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_location_map.png)  Asante Mampong Location of Mampong within Ashanti | |
| Coordinates: 7°4′N 1°24′W / 7.067°N 1.400°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region |  Ashanti |
| Municipality | Mampong Municipal |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 42,037[1] |
| • Ethnicity | Ashanti people |
| • Nationality | Ashanti |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Mampong is a small 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
- Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), author
- (Brobbey Boakye Malik) used to be a student activist and an executive member of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) in 1981
- J. H. Kwabena Nketia (b. 1921), ethnomusicologist and composer
- Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko (b. 1928), lawyer
- Akwasi Afrifa (1936–1979), soldier and politician
- Gerald Asamoah (b. 1978), retired footballer who played for the German national team and FC Schalke
- Amoakohene Frank (1990 to date), veteran student politician;former President of NAHSAG and NUGS President 2017/2018
- Oteng Amponsah Enock (1988 to date), politician and Mineral Processing Engineer
- 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
- Jones Clifford Akosa (b. 1911), businessman, politician, former District Commissioner
- Isaac Adu-Gyamfi, entrepreneur, Corporate Control specialist and banker
- Reginald Reynolds Amponsah (b. 1919), potter, politician, former Minister of State
- Francis Ampratwum (died 2016), legal practitioner
- Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong (b. 1958), former Deputy High Commissioner and Member of Parliament
- Francis Addai Nimoh (b. 1965), former Member of Parliament
- Peter Abum Sarkodie, former Member of Parliament, Executive Director of EPA,Ghana
- Charles Allen Gyimah, entrepreneur, politician, and founder of Video City, Ghana.
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
- Bosofour
- Daaho
- Adw33ho
- Copa
- Asikafor Amantem
- Tunsuom
- Zongo
- Akyeremade
- Ade3mra
- Lowcost
- Old Daamang
- New Daamang-Site
- Nwaase
- Penteng
- Krobo
- Dadease
- Nwaadan
- Asaam
- Naama
- Nyinaapong
- Benim
- Kofiase
- Hwidiem
- Kyeremfaso
- Bobin
- Nkwanta
- Brengo
- Timber-Nkwanta
- Aboatem
- Bosomkyekye
- Woraso
- Sekuruwa
- Adidwan
Other villages
- Hiamankyene
- Genyakura
- Owuobonho
Note
The centre for Plant Medicine is not in Mampong Ashanti but in Akuapim Mampong in the Eastern Region.
References
- ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
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