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Techiman
Town
in
Bono
East
Region,
Ghana
Techiman is
a
town
and
is
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
has
a settlement population
of
104,212
people
in
2013. Techiman
is
located
at
a
historical
crossroads
of
trade
routes
and
the Tano
River,
and
serves
as
capital
of
the Techiman
Municipal
District.
Quick
Facts:
Country,
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History
According
to
oral
tradition,
all
the
Akans
including
the
Ashantis
come
from
Bono.
The Fantes (an Akan
people),
according
to
their
oral
tradition,
migrated
from
Techiman
to
found
the
coastal Mankessim
Kingdom and
present Central
region in
1252.
Others
from
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
including
the
Ashantis
according
to
oral
tradition
settled
and
migrated
from
Bono
and
were
part
of
the
Bono
State
until
when
the
Bono
State
was
conquered
in
war
by
the
Ashantis.
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