Techiman

7.5771138888889 - 1.9292472222222Koordinaten: 7 ° 35 ' N, 1 ° 56 ' W

Techiman (also Takyiman, Tekyiman, Tekyiman - Brong ) is a town in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana, (West Africa). The city is located about 100 kilometers north of Kumasi on the River Tano and in 2007 had 75,000 inhabitants, which is about a three-fold since the census of 1984 ( 25,264 inhabitants). Techiman is the capital of the Techiman Municipal District.

History

According to the oral tradition of the Fante this people has migrated about 1300 from the region around Techiman to the coast.

What is certain is that 400 years later, after the conquest of Bono Manso, the capital of the Kingdom of Bono by the Ashanti in 1723 fled many residents of Bono Mansu after Techiman and in 1740 founded the Bono - Tekyiman State under the suzerainty of the Ashanti, who in about the territory of the old empire included Bono.

Religion

Since December 28, 2007 Techiman seat is a Catholic. Diocese, suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of Kumasi, which was built from parts of the dioceses Sunyani and Konongo - Mampong. At 22,400 km ² approximately 79 645 Catholics living under 695 826 inhabitants. The first bishop is Dominic Yeboah Nyarko.

Culture

2009, the foundation stone was laid for a cultural center, where the traditions and customs of Bono are to be maintained.

In Techiman celebrates - 2009 for the first time after several years due to a bereavement in the tribal royal house of Bono - the regional Apoo Festival. Apoo takes place in April / May and is a kind of carnival, during which men dress as women (and vice versa ). Local and national authorities are confronted jokingly but relentlessly with popular opinion; particular cases of corruption are denounced. However, it is also about reconciliation: family feuds are settled preferably during the Apoo. The highlight of the Apoo is the pageant of the King ( Omanhene ) of the Techiman - Bono through the city.

In August - at the end of the first rainy season - the yam festival is celebrated, a kind of harvest festival.

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  • Location in Ghana
  • Brong- Ahafo Region
  • Place in Africa
Tano River Fante people Apoo-Festival
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