Wenchi

Wenchi be a town den de capital of Wenchi Municipal of de Bono Region insyd de middle-belt of Ghana. Wenchi dey locate at 7.73333 [latitude insyd decimal degrees], -2.1 [longitude insyd decimal degrees] for an average elevation/altitude of 304 meters.Touring Brong Ahafo Wenchi be approximately 30 km north of Techiman den about 50 km east of de Ivory Coast border. Wenchi get a population of 39,187 people insyd 2013."World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.

 History 
Oda Bono narratives, such as those from Wenchi, speak of an origin from a hole plus de aid of a mythical creature dem call a wankyie. Similarly, people wey komot Bono-Tekyiman den Bono Manso recount dat dema ancestors emerge from a sacred hole at Amuowi, a site plus settlement layers wey dey date back to de 5th century CE. Sam accounts dey mention northern origins as well.Kwasi Konadu and Clifford C. Campbell, eds., The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Durham: Duke University Press, 2016), pp. 70–72.Kwasi Konadu, The Akan Diaspora in the Americas (Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 17–18.Ivor Wilks, “The Northern Factor in Ashanti History,” in J.K. Fynn and R.A. Agbodeka, eds., A History of Ghana (Longman, 1971), pp. 74–76.

 Transport 
Wenchi be connected by road to Techiman den Sunyani den ein airport, Sunyani Airport. Wenchi no be serviced by a railway station for de Ghana Railway Corporation, buh na dem propose dat a line be extended to Wenchi. E get less vehicular traffic as few people own cars den motors.

 Culture 
Wenchi dey celebrate de annual Apoo, a yam festival insyd April/May. De climax of de Apoo be de durbar of de king (Omanhene) thru Wenchi. Insyd August, de annual yam festival dey take place insyd Wenchi wey e dey mark de end of de first rainy season den harvesting of de yam insyd de towns of Wenchi den Techiman. Insyd 2019, na de Omanhemaa (Queen) of Wenchi be Nana Ntoa Sramangyadua III. De Paramount Chief of Wenchi be Osagyefo Ampem Anye Amoampong Tabrako III wey rule de town since 2019.

 Sports 
De inhabitants of Wenchi be sports fanatics; chaw residents dey follow chaw Wenchi-based sports teams. Current second division team be Wenchiman. De team Unity Sporting Club, a sports academy, dey locate insyd Wenchi. Young Apostle football club be a team wey dem promote to de Ghana Premier insyd 2024, dey locate for Wenchi. Wenchi be de home town of Professional footballers wey dey include Asamoah Gyan, Baffoe Gyan den Felix Afena-Gyan.

 Climate 

 Education 
Wenchi Methodist Senior High School

 Notable people 

 Kofi Abrefa Busia, former Ghanaian prime minister
 Ama Bame Busia, a former member of council of state
 Professor George Baffour Gyan, MP den Minister of Planning for de presidency.

 References 

 External links 

 Wess
 Unity Sporting Club
 Viglosam Lodge

Category:Towns insyd Ghana
Category:Towns insyd Bono Region
Category:Populated places for Bono Region insyd