Mampong is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the Mampong Municipal of Ashanti and serves as the administrative capital of Mampong Municipal. Mampong has a population of 42,037 people. Mampong is also the centre of the new

Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong The Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong was inaugurated on 23 November 2014, having previously been within the Diocese of Kumasi. The first Diocesan Bishop of Asante Mampong is Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, formerly suffragan bishop under the authority of ...

, inaugurated in 2014.

Education

The Amaniampong Senior High School is located in Mampong.

Namesakes

There are several settlements in the

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...

with this name.

Notable residents

Mohammed Aminu Mohammed Aminu (born 10 August 2000) is a Ghanaian professional association football, footballer player of Forward (association football), forward for AEP Kozani F.C., AEP Kozani. Club career Aminu was first spotted at the 2017 Al Kass Tournamen ...

Yaa Gyasi Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her debut novel ''Homegoing'', published in 2016, won her, at the age of 26, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a fir ...

(born 1989), author *

J. H. Kwabena Nketia Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (22 June 1921 – 13 March 2019) was a Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer. Considered Africa's premier musicologist, during his lifetime, he was called a "living legend" and "easily the most published and best ...

(1921-2019), ethnomusicologist and composer *

Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko (1928 – 2021) was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was the Member of parliament for Mampong North in the Third Republic of Ghana. He became a member of parliament following a by-election due to the executi ...

(b. 1928), lawyer *

Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa Born (24 April 1936 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then chairman ...

(1936–1979), soldier and politician *

Gerald Asamoah Gerald Asamoah (; born 3 October 1978) is a German football manager and former professional player who works as the first-team manager of Schalke 04. During his playing career, Asamoah played as a forward, and he was mainly known for his pace, ...

(b. 1978), retired footballer who played for the German national team and

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Akwasi Ampofo Adjei Akwasi Ampofo Adjei (1947 - 2004) also known as Mr A.A.A was a Ghanaian highlife musician. Career He was a teacher by profession but because of the influence that music had on his life he abandoned teaching profession, and went into the music ...

, founder and leader of Kumapim Royals Band, a renowned

highlife Highlife is a music genre that started in present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its Gold Coast (British colony), history as a colony of the British Empire and through its trade routes in coastal areas. It describes multiple local fusions ...

musician *

Benjamin Samuel Kofi Kwakye Benjamin Samuel Kofi Kwakye is a former Ghanaian police officer and was the Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the most senior Police Officer in Ghana. The IGP is appointed by the Presid ...

, former

Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the most senior Police Officer in Ghana. The IGP is appointed by the President of Ghana acting in consultation with the Council of State. The IGP is the head of the Police service and is responsible for the ...

Agyeman Badu Akosa Agyeman Badu Akosa (born 25 December 1953) is a Ghanaian pathologist, academic, politician and social commentator. He served as the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service from 2002 to 2006. He is a member of the Convention People's Party and ...

(1953 to date), Ghanaian educator, politician, pathologist *

Reginald Reynolds Amponsah Reginald Reynolds Amponsah (30 December 1919 – 3 June 2009) was a pottery, potter and Ghanaian politician of the first Parliament of the Second Republic representing the Mampong North Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He was a Minis ...

(b. 1919), potter, politician, former Minister of State *

Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the Eight Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Mampong Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the t ...

(b. 1958), former Deputy High Commissioner and Member of Parliament

Villages

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

{{Authority control Populated places in the Ashanti Region