Oforikrom Municipal Assembly is one of the forty-three (43) Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ashanti Region. It was carved out of the erstwhile Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), established by L.I. 2291 and inaugurated on March 15, 2018. The Municipal capital is Oforikrom.

Location and Size

The Municipality is located between Latitude 6.42o986N and 6.38o582N and Longitude 1029’58.33’W and 1036’8.29oE and elevated 240 to 300 meters above sea level. The Municipality shares boundaries with Ejisu Municipal Assembly to the East, Bosomtwe District Assembly to the South, Asokwa Municipal Assembly to the South West, Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly to the North and Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to the West.

Oforikrom Municipal Assembly is approximately 270km north of the national capital, Accra. It has a surface area of approximately 4,978.47 hectares (49.78 kilometers square) which is about 0.0192 percent of the total land area of Ashanti Region. Below is the administrative map of the Municipality in the regional context.

List of Electoral Areas

Source: OfMA MPCU,2021

There are currently fifteen (15) electoral areas as stated in the table above. Due to the large nature of some electoral areas, the provision of infrastructure and services is sometimes a challenge. The Municipal Assembly looks forward to a sub-division of the electoral areas by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to enhance administration and also the provision of infrastructure and services. The following map shows the electoral areas within the Municipality.

ZONAL COUNCILS

The Municipality has four (4) Zonal Councils consisting of a number of settlements. These are:
1. Oforikrom Zonal Council- Anloga East, Oforikrom East, Oforikrom West, Anloga West,  
2. Bomso Zonal Council- Tech, Bomso
3. Ayigya Zonal Council- Ayigya Zongo, Ahenbronum, Akatego
4. Kentinkrono/ Ayeduase Zonal Council – Kentinkrono, Oduom, Anwomaso, Ayeduase, Deduako, Kotei, Twumduase, Apemso, Boadi, Emena, Kokoben, Nsenie, Bebre, Aprade, Meseum, Appiadu, Kodiekrom

Due to the large size of some electoral areas, some zonal councils are also large. A typical example is Kentinkrono/ Ayeduase Zonal Council. This has made the siting of their offices difficult, as much consideration has to be made in order to locate the office in an area suitable for the majority of the zonal council members.

CLIMATE  

The Municipality falls within the wet sub-equatorial climate. The average minimum temperature is about 21.5oc and a maximum average temperature of 30.70c.  The average humidity is about 84.16 percent at 0900 GMT and 60 percent at 1500 GMT.  The moderate temperature and humidity coupled with the double maxima rainfall regime (214.3mm in June and 165.2mm in September). There are two rainy seasons with the peak between May- June and October.