Tafo

Tafo is a metropolis in Kumasi Metropolitan District inside the Ashanti Region of Ghana near the local capital Kumasi. Tafo is the 30th most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a populace of 60,919 humans. Because of the metropolis's population and housing improvement in recent years, it is arguable whether or not Tafo remains appeared as a separate city, or already a suburb of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region.

The city is close to Kumasi, with a distance of approximately 3.3 kilometers to the middle of a similar name sounding village named New Tafo and must be distinguished from Tafo kingship administrative machine new Tafo and Old Tafo are basically run by a single Chief who happens to be the chief of the left wing of Kumasi Traditional council. Its therefore underneath identical authority however political management runs them one after the other. Tafo is also because of its history of a nearby headquarters of Ashanti-King, the Tafohene. An vital Cocoa Research Institute become opened in June 1938 at Tafo.