Brong-Ahafo Region
Brong-Ahafo ( /ˈbrɵŋˈæhæfoʊ/ BRONG-AHA-foh) is one of the five regions of Akanland and the largest of Akanland, and the second largest in Ghana. Brong-Ahafo is located in northern Akanland, between Western region, Ashanti and Eastern region to the south and the Black Volta River to the north. Brong-Ahafo is the origin and first settlement of Akans in Akanland. The population of Brong-Ahafo are Akans, making up 99.4% of the Brong-Ahafo population, and the official language of Brong-Ahafo is Akan. Brong-Ahafo is the third largest producer of cocoa in Akanland, after Western region, Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo has substantial agricultural lands, forests and gold reserves. The capital of Brong-Ahafo is Sunyani, and it covers an area of 39,557 square kilometres. Brong-Ahafo is divided into 22 districts.
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“It was the most wild and desolate region we had camped in, where, if anywhere, one might expect to meet with befitting inhabitants, but I heard only the squeak of a nighthawk flitting over. The moon in her first quarter, in the fore part of the night, setting over the bare rocky hills garnished with tall, charred, and hollow stumps or shells of trees, served to reveal the desolation.”
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