Tafo

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title: "Tafo" 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 Ashanti Region, Ghana" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-ashanti-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Ashanti Region, Ghana ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Tafo
other_name	Tafo(der)
native_name
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subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Ashanti Region
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
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established_title2
established_title3
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area_land_km2
population_as_of	2012
population_note	Ranked 30th in Ghana
population_total	60,919
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	GMT
timezone_DST	GMT
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
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Tafo is a town in Kumasi Metropolitan District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana near the regional capital Kumasi. Tafo is the thirtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 60,919 people. Because of the town's population and housing development in recent years, it is debatable whether Tafo is still regarded as a separate town, or already a suburb of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region. The town is near Kumasi, with a distance of approximately 3.3 kilometers to the center of a similar name sounding village named New Tafo and must be distinguished from Tafo (However per traditional/kingship administrative system new Tafo and Old Tafo are basically run by a single Chief who happens to be the leader of the left wing of Kumasi Traditional council. Its therefore under same authority but political administration runs them separately. Nana Tafohene is the Chief of both Tafo which comprises the two). Tarkwa is located just 4.6 km away from Tafo. The city center of Kumasi is located approximately 9.8 kilometers away. Tafo is one of the urban constituencies of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. The town's parliamentary candidate shall have one direct seat to the Parliament of Ghana.

History

Tafo is also due to its history of a regional headquarters of Ashanti-King, the Tafohene. An important Cocoa Research Institute was opened in June 1938 at Tafo. At one point the institute had 1,000 employees. Now it only has about 200 employees who perform essentially research and monitoring activities in the area of cocoa cultivation. On test fields in the laboratory and the biological control, African locust are tested and developed with specific pathogens. In the census of 18 March 1983, there was 25,688 people living in Tafo. A population estimation for January 2007 indicated 53,165 inhabitants.

Healthcare

Tafo Hospital, a major hospital in Tafo, is the health care institution of the local population and plays a major role in the overall well-being of the Town's population.

Weather

In Tafo, so far, the lowest temperature was measured at 12 °C, which is also the lowest temperature registered in Kumasi and Ghana.

References

References

1. "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
3. [http://www.touringghana.com/regions/ashanti_region.asp Touring Ghana - Ashanti Region] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-06-07 . touringghana.com.)
4. "Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG)". Ghana Cocoa Board.

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