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Brong-Ahafo Region
Brong-Ahafo Region
	Region
	; ; Flag;
	; ; Flag;
	; Location of Brong-Ahafo Region in Ghana;
Country	Ghana
Capital	Sunyani
Districts	; 21
Government ;
• Regional Minister;	; Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh;
Area ;
• Total	39,557 km2 (15,273 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 2nd
Population (2010 Census);
• Total	2,310,983
• Rank	Ranked 6th
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
; GDP (PPP) ;
• Year	2013
• Per capita	$5,150
; GDP (Nominal) ;
• Year	2013
• Per capita	$2,500
Time zone	GMT
Area code(s)	035
ISO 3166 code	GH-BA
; HDI .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}; (2017);	; 0.584; medium· 6st;

Region

The Brong-Ahafo Region is located in south Ghana. Brong-Ahafo is bordered to the north by the Black Volta river and to the east by the Lake Volta, and to the south by the Ashanti, Eastern and Western regions.The capital of Brong-Ahafo is Sunyani. Brong-Ahafo was created in 1958 from Bono State and named after the dominant and native inhabitants, Akans, Brong and Ahafo.^[3]

Economy and tourism

Brong Ahafo is renowned for its large cocoa production and agriculture agribusiness industries. Brong-Ahafo contains many Akan cultural and wildlife attractions, but it is less known to tourists than the Ashanti or Central region. Major attractions of Brong-Ahafo include Kintampo, with its beautiful waterfalls (Kintampo waterfalls) and nature reserves; Fiema, home of the Boabeng monkey sanctuary (a short distance outside Sunyani); national parks, Bui National Park and Digya National Park.

Education

Paul Yeboah is the founder of the Ghana Permaculture Institute. The Ghana Permaculture Institute is a non-profit organization in Techiman (Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana). The purpose of the Institute is to train communities how to build and maintain stable food systems using Permaculture sustainable practices that restore, take care of local ecosystems, and to improve quality of life in rural and urban areas.^[4]

Universities

University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR)

Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG)

AnguTech

Sunyani Technical University

Sports

The region is renowned for producing a lot of elite athletes. Asamoah Gyan, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu and John Paintsil are just a few of the numerous prominent sports personalities the region has produced. Currently, the region houses three of the 16 teams in the Ghana premier league. Aduana Stars F.C. is the traditional team of the Dormaa Traditional Area and it is based in Dormaa Ahenkro. They were promoted into the league for the first time in 2009 and emerged champions of the Ghana premier league that same year. In 2010 the premier league was won by Berekum Chelsea F.C., a club which is based in Berekum. Aduana Stars won the 2017 Ghanaian Premier League.^[5]Bechem United F.C. is the third Ghana Premier League team from the Brong-Ahafo Region.

Districts

Districts of the Brong Ahafo Region

The Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana was created in April 1959. It contains 27 districts. They are made up of 8 municipal and 19 ordinary districts as follows:^[6]

Districts in the Brong-Ahafo Region
#	District	Capital	Population
1	Asunafo North Municipal
2	Asunafo South
3	Asutifi North
4	Asutifi South
5	Atebubu-Amantin
6	Banda District
7	Berekum Municipal
8	Dormaa East
9	Dormaa Municipal
10	Dormaa West
11	Jaman North
12	Jaman South
13	Kintampo North Municipal
14	Kintampo South
15	Nkoranza North
16	Nkoranza South
17	Pru
18	Sene East
19	Sene West
20	Sunyani Municipal
21	Sunyani West
22	Tain
23	Tano North
24	Tano South
25	Techiman Municipal
26	Techiman South
27	Wenchi Municipal

Notable People

Famous citizens of the Brong-Ahafo Region
#	Citizen	Settlement
1	Kofi Abrefa Busia	Wenchi
2	Stephen Ayesu Ntim	Wamfie
3	Kevin-Prince Boateng	Kyeremasu, Dormaa East
4	Asamoah Gyan	Wenchi
5	James Kwesi Appiah	Sunyani
6	Prof George Benneh's	Jamdede
7	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	Seikwa
8	John Paintsil	Berekum
9	Kwadwo Afari-Gyan	Berekum
10	JH Mensah	Sunyani
11	Theresa Kuffour	Odumase
12	Johnson Asiedu Nketia	Seikwa
13	Ernest Asante	Sunyani
14	Maxwell Konadu	Nkoranza
15	Saddick Adams	Sunyani
16	Richmond Boakye Yiadom	Sunyani
17	Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah	Sunyani

References

^ http://ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/regional-ministers

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