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Town in the Ashanti Region, Ghana

title: "Mampong" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-ashanti-region"] description: "Town in the Ashanti Region, Ghana" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-ashanti-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mampong" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in the Ashanti Region, Ghana ::

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Mampong is a town and the capital of the Mampong Municipal in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. As of 2012, the town has a population of 42,037 people. The town is home to the Mamponghene, Nana Osei Bonsu II.

History

Agona-Akrofoso, often regarded as 'Old Mampong', was the capital of the Mampong state, one of 4 Akan states under the Denkyira state. It is suspected to have been formed around the same time as Kumasi. The capital was the first place to host the Mampong Stool or Silver-Stool of the Mamponghene. Shortly after the formation of the Ashanti Kingdom, the capital was moved to an area called Botaase, later known as Mampong.

Administration

Main article: Mampong (Ghana parliament constituency)

Economy

Main article: Economy of Ashanti

About 60% of the labor force is engaged in agriculture, followed by the service, commerce and manufacturing sectors. Major crops grown include carrots and groundnuts. Small business can be located all across the town, including milling machines, which plays a big role in the local food industry. Although, the mills have a high chance of being contaminated, resulted in foodborne poisoning.{{cite journal|last1=Yar|first1=D. |last2=Kwenin|first2=W.|last3=Balali|first3=G.|last4=Assoah|first4=E.|display-authors=3 |date=2023|title=Food milling machines are hosts to pathogenic bacteria: A cross-sectional study in the Asante Mampong Municipal, Ghana|journal=Scientific African|volume=20|issue=8|article-number=e01673 |doi=10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01673|doi-access=free}}

Culture

Mampong is located in the Mampong traditional area along with 48 other population centers. The town is also the centre of the Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong, inaugurated in 2014. On 3 March 1995, Pope John Paul II created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Konongo-Mampong, whose headquarters are located here. It is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Ecclesiastical Province of Kumasi.

Geography

The town is bordered by the Sekyere South district to the south, Sekyere Central district to the east and Ejura Sekyedumase district towards the north. It is located about 60 km from Kumasi.

Mampong has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw), experiencing wet seasons and a dry season and the temperature being hot year-round. The average annual rainfall is around 1,270 mm and the mean monthly temperature ranging from 22 to.

Human resources

Health

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On 10 October 2019, the Ghana Drone Delivery Service launched a medical drone delivery base in Mampong, one of four population centers in the country included in the program. The facility's goal is to use drones to deliver medical supplies all across the region. The drones are operated by Zipline, a robotics company based in California.

Education

The biggest educational institution in the town is the Mampong Technical College of Education. It was established in 1967 as a teacher education institution and was accredited to the tertiary level of education in 2007. It is affiliated with the University of Education, Winneba.

The following is a list of colleges/universities and senior high schools in Mampong: ;Colleges/Universities

Notable residents

References

References

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