24-478: Techiman is a city and the capital of Techiman Municipal and Bono East Region of Ghana . Techiman is a leading market town in South Ghana. Techiman is one of the two major cities and settlements of Bono East region . Techiman is home to West Africa's largest traditional market. Techiman has a settlement population of 104,212 people in 2013. Techiman is located at a historical crossroads of trade routes and
48-403: A focus of the study, 49% travelled for work, 18% for school, 14% for recreation and 6% for touring. Techiman, in partnership with nearby Sunyani, currently has a sister city relationship with: On 11 October 2012, Techiman and Sunyani municipalities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to seal their sister-city relationship with Tuscaloosa Sister Cities International of Alabama State in
72-598: A line be extended to Techiman. The Tano River is a navigable river. There are Public Transports from Techiman to major cities such as Accra ; Kumasi ; Mim, Ahafo ; Sunyani ; Takoradi ; Tema ; Ho ; Wa ; Bolgatanga ; Elubo ; Aflao A study of traffic in Techiman in March 2007 found a breakdown of 34% for taxis , 31% for pedestrians, 10% for buses and vans, 7% for bicycles, 6% for motorbikes , 5% for cars and 7% for "other" modes of transportation. Of bicyclists,
96-399: Is widely regarded as one of the country's top commercial centres. Techiman is home to West Africa's largest traditional market. It is frequented by merchants from Togo , Benin , Côte d'Ivoire , Burkina Faso , and Mali . The Techiman Municipality is strategically located between the savanna and forest zones of Ghana, making it an ideal trading hub. Techiman is commonly referred to as
120-529: The Sahara , in present-day Ghana. Bono Manso (literally "on the state of Bono") sometimes known as Bono Manso or Mansu was a trading area in the medieval state of Bonoman, and a major trading centre in what is now predominantly Bono East region . Located just south of the Black Volta river at the transitional zone between savanna and forest, the town was frequented by caravans from Djenné and Timbuktu as part of
144-778: The Tano River , and serves as capital of the Techiman Municipal District . According to oral tradition, the Akans who constitute the largest ethnic group in Ghana , moved from ancient Bono State ; a historical location known as Bono Manso , a suburb in Techiman Municipality. The Fantes ( an Akan people ), according to their oral tradition, migrated from Techiman to found the coastal Mankessim Kingdom that covers present Central region and Western regions in 1252. Others from
168-544: The Trans-Saharan trade . Goods traded included kola nuts , salt , leather , and gold ; gold was the most important trading good of the area, starting in the mid-14th century. Begho (also Bighu or Bitu ; called Bew and Nsokɔ by the Akan) was a medieval trading town located just south of the Black Volta at the transitional zone between the forest and savanna north-western Brong-Ahafo . The town, like Bono-Manso,
192-438: The "Food Basket of Ghana" due to the fact that its market operations take place from Tuesday through Friday every week of the year, attracting traders from around West Africa. Due to the city's socioeconomic structure, Techiman's population is very cosmopolitan , consisting of individuals from many racial, economic, and social-political backgrounds. Techiman has started the construction of a modern culture centre. The purpose of
216-644: The 14th century, led to the Akan War, as well as increased power and wealth in the region, beginning in the Middle Ages . The origin of the Akan people of Bonoman was said to be further north in what is now called the Sahel or the then Ghana Empire when Bono natives wanted to remain with their traditional form of Bono ancestral worship and spirituality , those Akans that disagreed and fought wars against Islam , migrated south of
240-489: The Akan gold trade which the Wangara were able to control." Bakewell also notes, "the site of the abandoned town of Bighu, or Bitu, in the present-day Ghana ...lies near the present village of Hani." Bonduku was another trading center within the empire of Bonoman. It gave birth to the state of Gyaman also spelled Jamang Kingdom which was particularly famous in the production of cotton. The state existed from 1450 to 1895 and
264-681: The Akan people would later follow and formed their own states and city states, such as the now extinct Adanse state, the Akyem and Akwamu states, among others. After Bono Manso , capital of the Bono state , was taken by the Ashanti Empire in 1723, then the Bono-Techiman state was founded in 1740 under Ashanti sovereignty. However, all the Akans according to oral tradition settled and migrated from Bono and were part of
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#1732852338874288-776: The Bono State until when the Bono State was conquered in war by the Ashantis. Techiman is the heart of the Bonokyempem clan, a group of Traditional Bono Ahafo Chiefs who eventually joined forces and campaigned for the formation of the Brong Ahafo Region from the Ashanti Region on April 4, 1959, in accordance with the Ashanti Region Act 18 of 1959. Nana Kwaakye Ameyaw III , former paramount chief of Bono Traditional Area ,
312-562: The United States. Techiman Municipal District Techiman Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Bono East Region , Ghana . It was originally created as an ordinary district assembly on 10 March 1989, when it was known as Techiman District , until the northern part of the district was split off to create Techiman North District on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been retained as Techiman District. This
336-549: The centre is the preservation of the traditions of the Bono nation . Techiman celebrates the annual Apoo in April/May – a kind of Mardi Gras . Before 2009, the celebration of Apoo had been suspended for several years due to the decease of the Bonoman king. The climax of the Apoo is the durbar of the king ( Omanhene ) through Techiman. In August, an annual yam ceremony takes place and it marks
360-627: The end of the yam production in the Brong-Ahafo Region towns of Techiman and Wenchi . Ghana government support Techiman Land with money( gift ). The gift is for the development of their Land and the protection of their culture. Techiman is connected by road to Sunyani and its domestic airport, the Sunyani Airport . Techiman is not yet serviced by a railway station on the Ghana Railway Corporation , and it has been proposed that
384-456: The exodus of various subgroups of Akans from the Bono state. This is where a majority of Akan dialects of Ivory Coast migrated west of Ghana. Several factors weakened this state, including conflicts among the leadership, conflicts due to taxation, and no direct access to the coast of Gold Coast , where trade was helping many Akan states have more influence. Various aspects of Akan culture stem from
408-520: The north-west, the semi-deciduous zone in the south, and the Transitional zone extending from the south-east and west to the north. The principal land uses include crop production and livestock production . Aquaculture is on the verge of development and a tiny portion is undergoing replanted to join Asubima Forest Reserve . Techiman is undeniably one of Ghana's busiest cities , and it
432-590: Was a trading state created by the Bono people , located in what is now southern Ghana . Bonoman was a medieval Akan state that stretched across the modern Ghanaian regions of Bono , Bono East and Ahafo (respectively named after the Bono and Ahafo peoples) and the Eastern Ivory Coast . It is generally accepted as the origin of the subgroups of the Akan people who migrated out of the state at various times to create new Akan states in search of gold. The gold trade, which started to boom in Bonoman as early as
456-435: Was found distributed within a radius of 3.3 km. In the second phase, the 16th to the 17th century, the urban centers were larger, consisting mainly of evenly distributed houses and a nuclear market center. Many indications of participation in long-distance trade, such as imported glass beads and mica coated pottery, stem from this period. The fall of Bono state occurred during the rise of more Akan nations, especially
480-486: Was later elevated to municipal district assembly status and was renamed as Techiman Municipal District in that same year. The municipality is located in the western part of Bono East Region and has Techiman as its capital town. 7°35′13″N 1°56′06″W / 7.58694°N 1.93500°W / 7.58694; -1.93500 This Bono East Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bonoman Bono State (or Bonoman )
504-458: Was located in what is now Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire . Based on excavations, carbon datings and local oral traditions, Effah-Gyamfi (1985) postulated three distinct urban phases. According to him, in the early phase (thirteenth to the fifteenth century) the urban center was relatively small, and the towns were populated by thousands of people, not all living in the urban center. Buildings were made of daubed wattle . Painted pottery of this period
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#1732852338874528-440: Was of considerable importance as an entrepot frequented by northern caravans from Mali Empire from around 1100 AD. Goods traded included ivory , salt , leather, gold, kola nuts , cloth, and copper alloys . Excavations have laid bare walled structures dated between 1350 and 1750 AD, as well as pottery of all kinds, smoking pipes , and evidence of iron smelting . With a probable population of over 10 000, Begho
552-557: Was one of the largest towns in the southern part of West Africa at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese in 1471. The Malian king occupied Bighu in the mid-sixteenth century as a "perceived failure of the Bighu Juula to maintain supplies of gold," according to Bakewell. "As a result of the occupation of Bighu it seems clear that the Malian king gained access for a time to that part of
576-458: Was the driving force behind the founding of the "Bonokyempem" clan. The population has grown rapidly in recent decades, doubling between the 1970 and 1984 censuses, and again doubling by the next census in 2000. The estimate of 79,547 in 2007, is nine times the population that the town had in 1960. The Techiman Municipality contains three major vegetation zones: the Guinea-Savanna woodland in
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