{{Use Ghanaian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | official_name = Bantama | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = Suburban Area | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Ghana<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ghana <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ghana}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Ashanti Region | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Kumasi Metropolitan District <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = GMT | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = GMT | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_m = 278 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Bantama''' is suburb of Kumasi. Kumasi is the regional capital of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.<ref name=KUM>{{cite web|title=Kumasi |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/geography/kumasi.php |publisher=www.ghanaweb.com |accessdate=18 May 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517044740/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/geography/kumasi.php |archivedate=17 May 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bantama is both a residential and commercial area in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. It is in the center of the regional capital.<ref>Cobbinah, P. B., & Niminga-Beka, R. (2017). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275116302359?casa_token=3eqdkl56zkMAAAAA:ZoY1GQzBtzms7-CqCHUvfILzCFejquC6eBH4xlaXwzCosLvG7we7TBm0tt1C1KTJo3mr6ZwjjJfW Urbanisation in Ghana: Residential land use under siege in Kumasi central]. ''Cities'', ''60'', 388-401.</ref>
[[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-31-31-001.jpg|thumb|A pre-colonial Ashanti mausoleum at Bantama in the 1870s]]
==Notable places==
* Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Nursing Training School. * Komfo Anokye Sword Museum. * The Bantama Market Square.
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