Amakom
Amakom is a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is located in between Asokwa and Asafo Kumasi. It has a market called Anwona dwam where traders from nearby towns come and sell and buy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baba Yara Stadium and Asafo Market.
Baba Yara Stadium
Stadium
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Baba Yara Sports Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kumasi, Ashanti. It is Ghana's largest stadium, with a seating capacity of 40,528. The Kumasi Stadium is used mostly for football matches, although it is also used for athletics.
Asafo Market
Marketplace
Asafo Market is a trading centre in Asafo, Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti, Ghana, to the western side of the Asafo interchange. Asafo Market was formerly called Nkrumah Market, which was named after the first Prime Minister of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah; however, the name was changed to Asafo Market when Nkrumah was overthrown.
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
Government office
Photo: ZSM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in Ghana. It forms part of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana with Kumasi being its administrative capital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Asokwa and Oforikrom.
Asokwa
Suburb
Asokwa is a town in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and the capital of the Asokwa Municipal District. The town is also home to the Asokwa Municipal Assembly.
Oforikrom
Suburb
Oforikrom Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was a sub-metropolitan district council within the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly until 15 March 2018, when it was elevated to municipal district assembly status to become Oforikrom Municipal District.
Nhyiaeso
Suburb
Photo: tobiaseigen, CC BY 2.0.
Nhyiaeso is a suburb of Kumasi. Kumasi is the regional capital of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is a residential area in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.
Amakom
- Type: Suburb
- Description: surburb of Kumasi Ghana
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Ashanti Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.68686° or 6° 41′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.60614° or 1° 36′ 22″ westElevation
272 metres (892 feet)Open location code
6CRWM9PV+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 5553291795OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Turkish—“Amakom” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Amakom”
- Turkish: “Amakom”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Amakom”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.