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.[1]
Asokwa | |
|---|---|
  Asokwa Location of Asokwa in Ashanti Region | |
| Coordinates: 6°30′0″N 01°25′0″W / 6.50000°N 1.41667°W 6° 30' 0" N, 1° 25' 0" W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti Region |
| District | Asokwa Municipal District |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Town structure
editThe town in under the jurisdiction of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and is in the Asokwa constituency of the Ghana parliament.[2]
Municipal Assembly
editThe Asokwa Municipal Assembly (AskMA) was carved out of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) by a Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2294, 2018 by an Act of Parliament on the 21st day of December, 2017 under section 3 of the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 93..[3]
References
edit- ↑ "Asokwa Municipal Assembly's Main website". Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ↑ "Elections 2004. Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ↑ "Asokwa Municipal Assembly". www.askma.gov.gh. Retrieved 2025-03-15.