Techiman
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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 from Sunyani and about 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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Techiman
- Region
- Bono East Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 84,074
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Techiman
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ghana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Techiman in Bono East Region, Ghana
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bono East Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Techiman Metropolitan District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1740
- Settlement.government_type
- Mayor–council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Metropolitan Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Benjamin Yaw Gyarko
- Settlement.population_total
- 67,241
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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