Tafo

Tafo is a sub-metro suburban area town in Kumasi Metropolitan the capital of Ashanti. Tafo has a settlement population of 60,919 people. Because of Tafo's population and housing development in recent years, it is debatable whether Tafo is still regarded as a separate town, or already a suburb of Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti. Tafo is near Kumasi Central Business District (CBD), with a distance of approximately 3.3 kilometers to the center of a similar name sounding village named New Tafo and must be distinguished from Tafo. Tarkwa is located just 4.6 km away from Tafo. The city center of Kumasi is located approximately 9.8 kilometers away. Tafo is one of the urban constituencies of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, and Tafo's parliamentary candidate shall have one direct seat to the Asantehene's Asanteman council at Manhyia Palace.