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This is a list of Ghanaian regions by population, ranked according to the latest census, which took place on 26 September 2010. Past census data (1960, 1970, 1984, and 2000) is included for comparison. (Note: The current boundaries of Ghana's administrative regions were not fully established until 1983.
The center of population in the Ashanti Region is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan District. According to the 2000 census, the region had a population of 3,612,950, making it the most populous region of Ghana; however, its density (148.1 per square 1 km (0.62 mi)) is lower than that of Central the (162.2/km 2) Region.
Kumasi [a] is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [8] [9]: 1, 3 It is the second largest city in the country, [10]: 9 with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. [3]
Population (2021 Census) • Total. 213,126 [1] Time zone: UTC+0 (GMT) Oforikrom Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, ...
The Asante, also known as Ashanti in English (/ ə ˈ ʃ ɑː n t iː / ⓘ), are part of the Akan ethnic group and are native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana. Asantes are the last group to emerge out of the various Akan civilisations. Twi is spoken by over nine million Asante people as their native language. [1] [2] [3]
Bekwai (/ b æ k ˈ w aɪ / ⓘ) is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [5] Bekwai is the seventy-ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 7,267 people as of 2013. [3] Bekwai and Bekwai Municipal are south of Kumasi and north of Obuasi. [4]
Ejura is a town and the capital of Ejura/Sekyedumase, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [2] Ejura has settlement population of over 130,000 people as of the 2021 population census conducted in Ghana. Ejura is the largest maize producing district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is in the far north of the region, near the Afram River. [3]
Tafo is the thirtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 60,919 people. [1] Because of the town's population and housing development in recent years, it is debatable whether Tafo is still regarded as a separate town, or already a suburb of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region.