The Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Wildlife Sanctuary is found at Boaben and Fiema , twin communities 22 kilometers away from the Nkoranza North District of the Bono East region , Ghana . The 4.4 kilometer square (km) forest, believed to have been created in the 1970s, houses many trees, birds , reptiles , deer and monkeys , two of which are the Geoffrey's pied colobus and Campbell mona monkey .
11-554: It is a home for about 700 monkeys. The village is a community where monkeys and human beings live together. The inhabitants in the village always leave food outside their homes for the animals. The monkeys see human beings as their own. The monkeys in the sanctuary are protected by the traditional laws on the area. The sanctuary serves as a national tourist site and is accessible by road. 7°43′08″N 1°43′25″W / 7.71889°N 1.72361°W / 7.71889; -1.72361 This Bono East Region location article
22-599: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bono East Region The Bono East region of Ghana is a new region carved out of the Brong Ahafo region . The capital of the new region is Techiman . This creation of this new region was in fulfillment of a promise made by the New Patriotic Party prior to the 2016 Ghana general election. Upon winning the elections, the President, Nana Akuffo Addo created
33-723: Is a major dialect within the Akan dialect continuum that is spoken by the Bono people . Bono is spoken by approximately 1.2 million people in Ghana , primarily in the Bono Region, Bono East Region, and by over 300,000 in eastern Côte d'Ivoire. Bono is mutually intelligible with other dialects of Akan, but the degree of intelligibility depends on the geographical distance between the dialects. Most speakers of Bono are bidialectal in Asante. Bono and Wasa are
44-443: Is divided into 11 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 4 Municipal and 7 Ordinary Assemblies). Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The current list is as follows: Bono dialect Bono , also known as Abron , Brong , and Bono Twi,
55-504: Is under the leadership of Hon. Dan Botwe . Government of Ghana ministry charged with the responsibility of supervising the creation of new regions in Ghana. In March 2017, the ministry sent the blue print for the creation of the region along with others to the Council of State . The council met over 36 times from the time of submission to August 2017. The final stage for the creation of the region
66-472: The Ministry of Regional Reorganization to oversee policy formulation and implementation. In all six new regions are to be created from the existing ten regions of Ghana. The other regions are Bono , Western North , Ahafo , Savannah , North East , and Oti regions. The execution of plans for the creation of the regions was seeded to the newly created Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development which
77-452: The Diaspora visit the area to learn about their origin and history. The Bono East region has a low population density, and most inhabitants speak the Bono dialect . Bono ancestral worship and spirituality and Christianity form the dominant religions of the region. The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region
88-743: The end of the dry season, the lowest in December and January. However, the hot Harmattan wind from the Sahara blows frequently between December and the beginning of February which is dry and hot. The temperatures can vary between 14 °C (59 °F) at night and 40 °C (104 °F) during the day. The production of yam is very high in the woodland Savannah zone in Techiman , Yeji , Nkoranza , Kintampo , Kwame Danso , Prang and others. Beans, maize, cassava, cocoyam, rice, plantains and more are produced in this region, as well as fishing activities that takes along
99-752: The north the Savannah Region , on the west the Bono Region , on the south the Ashanti region and on the east the Volta Lake . The Bono East region is part of the vegetative belt of Ghana, where the climatic condition is always conducive. The vegetation consists predominantly of forest and fertile soils. Between December and April is the dry season . Sometimes the wet season is between about July and November with an average annual rainfall of 750 to 1050 mm (30 to 40 inches). The highest temperatures are reached at
110-524: The region's side of Lake Volta. A lot of tourist sites can be found in this area Slavery trade in the Bono East region. Located at Bono Manso on the Techiman–Kintampo road, Bono Manso was the point where slaves from the north were graded and sorted. The strongest of the captives were selected and sent to the coast leaving the weaker ones in the town. To date, African Americans and other African people in
121-456: Was decided through a referendum by the people within the catchment of the new region on 27 December 2018. A referendum on 27 December 2018 resulted in 450,812 casting their votes representing 85.82 per cent of 525,275 registered voters. 448,545 (99.50 per cent); voted in favour of the creation of the new region with 1,384 (0.31 per cent) voting against. A total of 883 (0.20 per cent) ballots were rejected. The Bono East Region borders on
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