Mampong
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| Asante Mampong | |
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| — Town & District Capital — | |
 Asante Mampong
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| Coordinates: 7°4′N 1°24′W / 7.067°N 1.400°WCoordinates: 7°4′N 1°24′W / 7.067°N 1.400°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti Region |
| District | Mampong Municipal District |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 42,037[1] |
| Ranked 41st in Ghana | |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT (UTC) |
Mampong is a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, and serves as the administrative capital of Mampong Municipal District.[2] Mampong is the forty-first most populous in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 42,037 people.[1]
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Namesakes [edit]
There are several villages in Ghana with this name.
Notable residents [edit]
- J. H. Kwabena Nketia, ethnomusicologist and composer (b. 1921)
- Akwasi Afrifa, Soldier & Politician
- Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German Footballer, currently playing for SpVgg Greuther Fürth (b. 1978)
- Thomas Abdullah Nasir Boateng, educationist and chartered Chemist (b. 1937)(d. 2011)
- Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko, Lawyer (b. 1928)
Villages [edit]
Note [edit]
The centre for Plant Medicine is not in Mampong Ashanti but in Akuapim Mampong in the Eastern Region.
References [edit]
- ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
- ^ Touring Ghana - Ashanti Region. touringghana.com.
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