Wenchi

Wenchi
Town
Wenchi
Location of Wenchi in Brong Ahafo, Ghana
Coordinates: 7°33′33″N 1°55′45″W / 7.55917°N 1.92917°W / 7.55917; -1.92917
Region Brong Ahafo
District Wenchi Municipal
Elevation 304 m (997 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 39,187[1]
Time zone GMT
 • Summer (DST) GMT

Wenchi is a town and is the capital of Wenchi Municipal of the Brong-Ahafo Region in middle-belt of Ghana. Wenchi is located at 7.73333 [latitude in decimal degrees], -2.1 [longitude in decimal degrees] at an average elevation/altitude of 304 meters.[2] Wenchi is approximately 30 km north of Techiman and about 50 km east of the Ivory Coast border. Wenchi has a population of 39,187 people in 2013.[1]

Transport

Wenchi is connected by road to Techiman and Sunyani and its airport, Sunyani Airport.[3] Wenchi is not serviced by a railway station on the Ghana Railway Corporation, but it has been proposed that a line be extended to Wenchi. It has less vehicular traffic as few people own cars and motors.

Culture

Wenchi celebrates the annual Apoo, a yam festival in April/May. The climax of the Apoo is the durbar of the king (Omanhene) through Wenchi. In August, the annual yam festival takes place in Wenchi and it marks the end of the first rainy season and harvesting of the yam in the towns of Wenchi and Techiman.[3]

Sports

The inhabitants of Wenchi are sports fanatics; many residents follow several Wenchi-based sports teams. Current second division team is Wenchiman. The team Unity Sporting Club, a sports academy, is located in Wenchi.

Notable people

Wenchi is the hometown and birthplace of former Ghanaian prime minister Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was born and is buried there. He had a street named after him, Busia Street. His sister Ama Brema Busia, a former member of council of state is his only living sibling.

References

  1. 1 2 "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
  2. ↑ Touring Brong Ahafo
  3. 1 2 Warren, Dennis Michael (2001). "African Art - Techiman". Retrieved 2008-06-13.

Coordinates: 07°34′38″N 01°55′45″W / 7.57722°N 1.92917°W / 7.57722; -1.92917

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