Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly

Kumasi Metropolitan District
Metropolitan

Aerial view of submetro Nhyiaeso in Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (Kumasi Metropolis) in 2003
Kumasi Metropolis flag
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Districts of Ashanti
Kumasi Metropolitan District

Location of Kumasi Metropolis within Ashanti

Coordinates: 6°41′N 1°37′W / 6.683°N 1.617°W / 6.683; -1.617Coordinates: 6°41′N 1°37′W / 6.683°N 1.617°W / 6.683; -1.617
City-State  Ashanti
Capital Kumasi
Founded 1680
Founded by King Asantehene Osei Tutu I
Seat Kumasi Metropolis Hall
Submetros
Government
  Type Mayor–council absolute monarchy
  Body Manhyia Palace - Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
  District Executive Osei Tutu II
  City Mayor Kojo Bonsu (KMA/NPP)
Area
  Total 299 km2 (115 sq mi)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) GMT (UTC)
Website www.kma.gov.gh

The Kumasi Metropolitan District is one of the twenty-seven (27) districts of the Ashanti City-State on the Ashantiland Peninsula Ghana. Kumasi Metropolitan corresponds to the megacity of Kumasi, the metropolis' capital.

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