Oforikrom
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baba Yara Stadium and Kumasi Airport.
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.
Kumasi Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: jamescridland, CC BY 2.0.
Prempeh I International Airport is an international airport in Ghana serving Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region, other regions in the middle belt of Ghana as well as the northern part of Ghana. Kumasi Airport is situated 3 km north of Oforikrom.
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. Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly is situated 3½ km west of Oforikrom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amakom and Asokwa.
Amakom
Suburb
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.
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.
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. Nhyiaeso is situated 3½ km west of Oforikrom.
Oforikrom
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district capital in Ashanti Region, Ghana
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Ashanti Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.6885° or 6° 41′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.59258° or 1° 35′ 33″ westElevation
264 metres (866 feet)Open location code
6CRWMCQ4+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 5553291794OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11780381Wikidata ID
Q107719374
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Hausa—“Oforikrom” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Oforikrom”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Oforikrom”
- Hausa: “Oforikrom”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Oforikrom”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.