Official Name: | Ejisu |
Settlement Type: | Municipal Capital |
Pushpin Map: | Ashanti |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ejisu in Ashanti |
Subdivision Type: | City-State |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Ejisu Municipal Assembly |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicity |
Population Blank1: | Ashanti people |
Population Blank2 Title: | Nationality |
Population Blank2: | Ashanti |
Timezone: | Greenwich Mean Time |
Timezone Dst: | GMT |
Coordinates: | 6.715°N -1.5112°W |
Elevation M: | 268 |
Ejisu is a city in Greater Kumasi located along the Kumasi-Accra highway about 20 km from Kumasi.[1] It is the capital of Ejisu Municipal Assembly, a municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana.[2] [3] This municipal is one of the 30 administrative and political Districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and it was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1890.[4] In 2020, the Nkosuohene of Ejisu was Nana Kofi Poku.[5] In 2022, the Chief of Ejisu was Nana Afrane Okese.[6] As at 2024. the Municipal Chief Executive of the town was Mr Samuel Oduro Frimpong.[7]