NGGL: Brong-Ahafo, Ghana
 The Brong-Ahafo Region covers an area of 39,557 square kilometers. It has 19 administrative districts, with Sunyani as the regional capital. The region lies in the forest zone and is a major cocoa and timber producing area. The northern part of the region lies in the savannah zone and is a major grain and tuber-producing region. The Brong-Ahafo Region was created on 4th April 1959 by the Brong Ahafo Region Act No. 18 of 1959. Before the Ashanti Empire was conquered by the British in 1900, the Brong and Ahafo states to the north and northwest of Kumasi (the capital of Ashanti empire and the present Ashanti Region) were within the empire. Nana Akumfi Ameyaw III traces his ancestry to King Akumfi Ameyaw I (1328-63), under whose reign the  Brong Kingdom with its capital at Bono Manso grew to become the most powerful kingdom of is time. Oral tradition has it that nearly all the different groups of the Akans, including the Asante, trace their origins to Bono after migrating from the "north". Population: 1,815,408 Healthcare: | 24 hospitals occupy the region. | Other health facilities: | 35 health centers | | | 106 rural clinics | | | 54 maternity homes | | Traditional healers and healing facilities exist throughout the region |
Climate: Tropical high temperatures average 23.9 C (75 F) and a double maxima rainfall pattern.
Vegetation: Two main vegetation types: the moist semi-deciduous forest in the southern and southeastern parts and guinea savannah woodland in the northern and northeastern parts of the region.
The moist semi-deciduous forest zone is conducive for the production of cash crops, such as cocoa and cashew. Brong Ahafo is one of the three largest cocoa producing areas in the country. A lot of the cashew in Ghana is produced in Brong Ahafo, some of which are processed into brandy and cashew wine at Nsawkaw in Wenchi. Timber is also an important forest product, produced mainly in the Ahafo area around Mim, Goaso and Acherensua. Other cash crops grown in the forest area are coffee, rubber and tobacco. The main food crops are maize, cassava, plantain, yam, cocoyam, rice and tomatoes. Ethnicity | Akan 62.7% | | | Mole-Dagbon 15.4% | | | Grusi 4.2% | | | | Religion | Christianity 71.0% | | | Islam 16.1% | | | Traditional religion 4.6% | | | None 7.8% |
Source: GhanaDistricts.com
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 October 2006 )
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