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Techiman
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. Techiman 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.
The town of Techiman was originally a part of the Bono state. After Bono Manso, capital of the Bono state, was destroyed by the Asante Empire in 1723 during the Asante-Bono war, the capital was moved to Techiman in 1740, which ruled a much-reduced kingdom under Asante sovereignty. As a vassal, Techiman joined the Asante in wars against Gonja in 1802, Gyaman in 1818, and Ewe in the 1860s.
After the Third Anglo–Asante War, a confederation of Brong states led by Gyaman which included Techiman attempted to secede from the empire with British protection. In 1877, Techiman was destroyed, with the population fleeing to Gyaman. Only in 1896 were did Asantehene Prempeh I allow them to return.
Between 1896 and 1901 Techiman and the other Brong states were part of the Asante 'protectorate', but were administered separately by the British. Techiman regained control of several villages that had been taken by the Asante in 1723. A series of colonial reorganizations, however, brought Techiman back under the Asantehene's purview.
Techiman joined the Asante Confederacy Council of chiefs in April 1936, but the Techimanhene quickly found that the council would not be the free association of states that he expected. Techiman, along with Dormaa, Drobo, Abease, Suma-Ahenkro and Antepim-Domase, seceded from the Confederacy in 1952.
A referendum in 2018 was passed with the focus of creating new regions in Ghana, which resulted in Techiman being selected as the capital of the newly created Bono East Region.
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Techiman
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. Techiman 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.
The town of Techiman was originally a part of the Bono state. After Bono Manso, capital of the Bono state, was destroyed by the Asante Empire in 1723 during the Asante-Bono war, the capital was moved to Techiman in 1740, which ruled a much-reduced kingdom under Asante sovereignty. As a vassal, Techiman joined the Asante in wars against Gonja in 1802, Gyaman in 1818, and Ewe in the 1860s.
After the Third Anglo–Asante War, a confederation of Brong states led by Gyaman which included Techiman attempted to secede from the empire with British protection. In 1877, Techiman was destroyed, with the population fleeing to Gyaman. Only in 1896 were did Asantehene Prempeh I allow them to return.
Between 1896 and 1901 Techiman and the other Brong states were part of the Asante 'protectorate', but were administered separately by the British. Techiman regained control of several villages that had been taken by the Asante in 1723. A series of colonial reorganizations, however, brought Techiman back under the Asantehene's purview.
Techiman joined the Asante Confederacy Council of chiefs in April 1936, but the Techimanhene quickly found that the council would not be the free association of states that he expected. Techiman, along with Dormaa, Drobo, Abease, Suma-Ahenkro and Antepim-Domase, seceded from the Confederacy in 1952.
A referendum in 2018 was passed with the focus of creating new regions in Ghana, which resulted in Techiman being selected as the capital of the newly created Bono East Region.