Mampong (Ashanti Region)
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 3 ′ N , 1 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Ghana | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | GH-AH | ||
| Residents | 42,037 (2019) | ||
Mampong is a city in the Ashanti Region as the capital of the Sekyere West District in Ghana and can easily be confused with Mampong in Akwapim . Therefore, the addition Ash is used for Mampong in Ashanti . used. Mampong is located at latitude 7 ° 03'.00 "N and longitude 1 ° 24'36.00" W.
Mampong is about 50 km north of Kumasi at the northern end of the Mampong highlands . Nearby are the Boumfoum Game Reserve to the west and the Kogyae Reserve to the northwest of Mampong. The city is located on the major arterial road that runs north from Kumasi and ends in Yeji . The road between Mampong and Kumasi is well developed and paved, so that the 50 km can be covered in three quarters of an hour. With the creation of Lake Volta , however, the connection between Mampong and Tamale was initially interrupted, and Mampong has lost its importance as a trading city.
After Kumasi, Mampong is the second most important residence of the traditional kings of the Ashanti . Historically, Mampong therefore played an important role. On the way from Kumasi to Mampong along Mampong Road are many of the important places of the Ashanti culture, such as centers of Kente art, Adinkra printing art and weaving mills (examples: Pankronu, Ahwiaa, Ntonso).
As of 2019, 42,037 people live in Mampong. They are mainly employed as plantation farmers, as the focus here is on cocoa, coffee and tobacco cultivation.
Tetteh Quarshie brought the first cocoa seeds to Ghana in 1879, bringing cocoa cultivation to mainland Africa for the first time. In the town of Mampong he successfully cultivated cocoa plants for the first time on the African mainland and thus broke through the Portuguese and Spanish monopoly. His plantation near the village can still be visited today.
people
- Gerald Asamoah (* 1978), professional soccer player at FC Schalke 04 II , former German national soccer player
- Akwasi Afrifa (1936–1979), Ghanaian head of state from 1969 to 1970
- JH Kwabena Nketia (1921–2019), ethnomusicologist and composer
- Nana Boahen Anantuo , Ashanti tribal chief from the Ashanti war against Denkyira
- Yaa Gyasi (* 1989), American writer.