Suame Municipal District

Suame Municipal District
Municipal District
Districts of Ashanti Region
Districts of Ashanti Region
Suame Municipal District is located in Ghana
Suame Municipal District
Suame Municipal District
Location of Suame Municipal District within Ashanti
Coordinates: 6°43′N 1°39′W / 6.717°N 1.650°W / 6.717; -1.650
Country Ghana
Region Ashanti
CapitalSuame
Population
 (2021)
 • Total136,290[1]
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Suame Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana.[2][3][4][5] 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 Suame Municipal District. The municipality is located in the central part of Ashanti Region and has Suame as its capital town.[6][7]

  1. ^ Ghana: Administrative Division
  2. ^ "New Districts & Nominated DCEs" (PDF). ghanadistricts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 Mar 2013.
  3. ^ "All Districts". ghanadistricts. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Districts of Ghana". statoids. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ https://www.mofep.gov.gh/sites/default/files/composite-budget/2020/AR/Suame.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Ghana Districts: A repository of all Local Assemblies in Ghana". ghanadistricts.gov.gh. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  7. ^ "Suame to get new abattoir in six months". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-03-01.