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CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CUSTOMS

Tourism Development

One classification of the tourist attractions in the Municipal is the historical heritage which includes the Geographical Centre of Ghana located at the Municipal capital, Kintampo. The Slave Market, Caves and Night Lamp at Kunsu. European Cemetery where eight of the “Gold Coast Regiment” were buried also in Kintampo.

The British established several operational offices during the colonial period. Kintampo was the seat of the Commissioner of the Ashanti Region. Several of the original British buildings are still standing. The main natural attractions are the Pumpum River which falls 70m down some beautiful rocky steps to form the Kintampo Water Falls which continue its journey towards the Black Volta at Buipe, and the Fuller falls 7km west of Kintampo which provides a cool swim in a pool; stool- like carved rocks to sit.

These natural sites have been sources of revenue to the Kintampo Municipal. Apart from the weekly markets at Kintampo, Babatorkuma, Dawadawa, Gulumpe, New Longoro, Kunsu which fall on every Wednesday, Sundays, Fridays and Saturdays respectively there is no market in the area

anywhere. All communities come to these markets to sell or buy their needed goods.

Apart from Kintampo and Babatorkuma, which has well constructed market, there is no other well-constructed market in theMunicipality. The main banking facilities in the Municipality include the Ghana Commercial Bank, National Investment Bank and the Kintampo Rural Bank. All these banks are located in the Municipal capital.

Lorry Stations are located at the Kintampo and Babatorkuma markets. There are five lorry stations in the municipality. Four of them are located in Kintampo and the other at Babatokuma (i.e. the STC yard, Ntankoro Station, Tamale station and the Babatokuma ). However, some drivers still park by the main road for passengers to Tamale, Techiman, Sunyani, Kumasi and other parts of the country. Transport to the hinterlands is usually difficult to access on non-market days due to poor surface condition of feeder roads.

There are presently the vodafone, MTN, Airtel/Tigo networks in the area. These however cover about 80% of the Municipal area. There are also few fixed lines by Vodafone Ghana available in the Municipality.Presently, there is only one Post Office located in Kintampo.

Date Created : 1/15/2026 6:42:23 AM