Bantama
title: "Bantama" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-kumasi-metropolitan-assembly"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-kumasi-metropolitan-assembly" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantama" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Bantama |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | Suburban Area |
| imagesize | 300px |
| pushpin_map | Ghana |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Ghana |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Ghana |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Ashanti Region |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Kumasi Metropolitan District |
| established_title | |
| unit_pref | Imperial |
| area_total_km2 | |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_as_of | 2012 |
| timezone | GMT |
| timezone_DST | GMT |
| elevation_m | 278 |
| postal_code_type | |
| :: |
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Bantama is suburb of Kumasi. Kumasi is the regional capital of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Bantama is both a residential and commercial area in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. It is in the center of the regional capital.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-31-31-001.jpg" caption="Ashanti]] [[mausoleum]] at Bantama in the 1870s"] ::
Notable places
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Nursing Training School.
- Komfo Anokye Sword Museum.
- The Bantama Market Square.
References
References
- "Kumasi". www.ghanaweb.com.
- Cobbinah, P. B., & Niminga-Beka, R. (2017). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275116302359?casa_token=3eqdkl56zkMAAAAA:ZoY1GQzBtzms7-CqCHUvfILzCFejquC6eBH4xlaXwzCosLvG7we7TBm0tt1C1KTJo3mr6ZwjjJfW Urbanisation in Ghana: Residential land use under siege in Kumasi central]. ''Cities'', ''60'', 388-401.
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