| Official Name: | Ashaiman |
| Other Name: | Ashiaman |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Etymology: | Ga Ashaimam (Combination of "Ashai" and "Mang" - Ashai's town)[1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ashaiman in Greater Accra Region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Ghana |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Accra Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ashaiman Municipal District |
| Leader Title: | Omanhene |
| Leader Name: | Nii Annang Adzor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 208,060 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Timezone Dst: | GMT |
| Coordinates: | 5.7°N -2°W |
| Elevation M: | 39 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode district |
| Postal Code: | GB |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 030 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Aw |
Ashaiman (often wrongly spelled as "Ashiaman") is a large town and the capital of the Ashaiman Municipal District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[3] According to the 2021 census, the town, along with the district, has a population of 208,060 people.[4] Ethnic groups who resided in Ashaiman are the Ga-Adangbe, Ga, Guan, Hausa, Fante people, Dagomba, Ewe, Ashanti, and Akuapem.[2] The current Omanhene of the town is Nii Annang Adzor.[5]
According to local belief, the name came from two Ga words: "Ashai", the first name of the man who had founded the town (Ibrahim Nii Ashai), and "Mang" which means "town". Therefore, it is abbreviated to "Ashaiman".[1]
Ashaiman was founded by Nii Ashai after he had moved from Tema.[6] The town was expanded by squatters who were building Tema and others and had moved in to occupy government land.[7]
See main article: Ashaiman (Ghana parliament constituency).
Most of the popular is religious coming in with 96.9% while the other 3.1% aren't affiliated with any religions. The biggest religions in the town are Christianity (approx. 80%), Islam (16.5%), and traditional religions (0.4%).[2] Major Ethnic groups who lived in Ashaiman are the Ga-Adangbe, Ga, Guan, Hausa, Fante people, Dagomba, Ewe, Ashanti, and Akuapem.[2]
The biggest economic sector in the town is agriculture, followed by manufacturing and services.[2]
Ashaiman, along with other parts of Ghana, has a paramout chief or Omanhene in which the current placeholder is Nii Annang Adzor.[5]
Ashaiman is located in the Ashaiman Municipal which has an total land area of 45sqkm. The district bordered Kpone Katamanso Municipal District to the north and east and the Tema Metropolitan District towards the south and the west.[2]
The town has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw), experiencing a wet season and a dry season and the temperature being hot year-round. The average annual rainfall ranges from 730to. The wet season usually starts from April to June while the dry is from September to November.[2]
On 3 October 2024, It was announced that a 190-bed capacity district hospital was going to be built at Ashaiman as part of Ghana's Agenda 111, a project aim to improve access to convectional healthcare. The project has a budget of US$12 million and is expect to be completed in late-2024.[8]
The most well-known educational institution in the town is the Ashaiman Senior High School. It was founded in September 1990 by the Provisional National Defence Council and it began with 39 students and two teachers. Currently the school has a population of about 1,400 students and 104 teachers. Courses offered in the school include General Arts, General Science, Agriculture, Business and Visual Arts.[9]