Bantama
Suburban Area
Country Ghana
RegionAshanti Region
DistrictKumasi Metropolitan District
Elevation
912 ft (278 m)
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Bantama is suburb of Kumasi. Kumasi is the regional capital of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] Bantama is both a residential and commercial area in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. It is in the centre of the regional capital.

History

A pre-colonial Ashanti mausoleum at Bantama in the 1870s

Notable places

References

  1. ↑ "Kumasi". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

6°39′N 1°37′W / 6.650°N 1.617°W / 6.650; -1.617

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