Oduom is a small town in the Kumasi Metropolitan, a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of 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 ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

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Geography

Location

Oduom is 15 kilometres from the centre of

Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is t ...

. Oduom is a dormitory town. It serves mainly as a residential areas for workers in various companies in Kumasi.

Boundaries

The town is bordered on the south by

Fumesua Fumesua is a town in Ghana. It is 15 kilometres from the centre Kumasi. It is a dormitory town. It serves mainly as a residential areas for workers in various companies in Kumasi. The town also host the Building and Road Research Institute of G ...

, to the West by

Domeabra Domeabra is a small town in the Nkoranza North district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana.

, to the east by

Boadi Boadi is a town in Ghana located 15 kilometres from the centre of Kumasi. It is a dormitory town, serving mainly as a residential area for workers in various companies in Kumasi. Boundaries The town is bordered to the north by Ayeduase, to the we ...

and to the North by Kentinkrono.

Notable places

KNUST has part of its

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farm in the town.Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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References

Populated places in Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Populated places in the Ashanti Region {{AshantiRegion-geo-stub