Bono East, Ghana · Africa
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Techiman is a town located in Bono East, Ghana. With a population of 84,074, it is an important destination in Africa.
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Techiman (Akan: Takyiman) is a city and the capital of the Techiman Metropolitan District and the Bono East Region of Ghana. The city is located about 32 miles (51 km) from Sunyani and about 65 miles (105 km) away from Kumasi. It has a tropical savanna climate, experiencing two wet seasons and a dry season. TechimanRead more
has a population of 67,241 as of the 2010 census released by the Ghana Statistical Service. The majority of ethnic groups in the city included the Akan, Bono, Gonja, Dagomba, Sisala, and Mamprusi people. The mayor of the city's metropolitan, as of 2021, is Benjamin Yaw Gyarko.
The city was formally founded in 1740 and officially established as the Bono-Tekyiman state in the 1940s, after the Bono state's capital Bono Manso was taken over in 1723. After a referendum in 2018 was passed with the focus of creating new regions in Ghana, Techiman was selected to be the capital of the newly-created region of the Bono East Region.
Techiman is the site of an outdoor agricultural market, one of the largest markets in West Africa. The market is also where most of the city's economic activity is situated. The city holds a unique ethnic heritage as the center of the Akan people. Techiman is also a commercial hub in Ghana, as it is the cross point of many different trunk roads from cities such as Sunyani, Kumasi, Wa, and Tamale.
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Techiman is located in Bono East, Ghana, Africa. The coordinates are 7.5905 latitude, -1.9395 longitude.
Techiman has a population of approximately 84,074 people, making it a town in Ghana.
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