Asokwa
Town in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
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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 | |
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  Asokwa Location of Asokwa in Ashanti Region | |
| Coordinates: 6°30′0″N 01°25′0″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
The town in under the jurisdiction of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and is in the Asokwa constituency of the Ghana parliament.[2]
Municipal Assembly
The 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]