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Town and District Capital in Ashanti, Ghana
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.
Education
COLLEGES
College of Agriculture Education (University of Education Mampong Campus)
Nursing And Midwifery Training College, Mampong-Ashanti
Mampong Technical College of Education (Mamtech)
St. Monica's College of Education
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Amaniampong Senior High School (Formerly AMASS).
[3]
St. Monica's Senior High School
St. Joseph Seminary Senior High School, Mampong Ashanti (Formerly Sekyereman Secondary School)
Kofiase Adventist Senior High Technical
Oduko Boatemaa Senior High School
[4]
Namesakes
There are several
settlements in the
Ashanti Region with this name.
Notable residents
Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa (1936–1979), former Head of State (Ghana), soldier and politician
Akwasi Ampofo Adjei , founder and leader of Kumapim Royals Band, a renowned
highlife musician
Nimo Johnson
[5]
Papa Shee (Musician)
[6]
J. H. Kwabena Nketia (1921-2019), ethnomusicologist and composer
Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko (b. 1928), lawyer
Gerald Asamoah (b. 1978), retired footballer who played for the German national team and
FC Schalke
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
J.C. Akosa , (District Commissioner, 1st Republic), educator, businessman, philanthropist.
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
Metropolitan (1) Municipal (18) Ordinary (24)