Berekum
Sign in to saveBerekum, nicknamed "The Golden City", is a city and the capital of Berekum East Municipal in the Bono Region of Ghana. The city has a population of 62,364 as of 2012. The native language of the Berekum people is the Bono Twi. As of 2020, the Omanhene of the city is Daasebre Dr. Amankona Diawuo II.
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- Locality
- Berekum
- Region
- Bono Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 70,536
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Berekum
- Settlement.nickname
- The Golden City
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of a highway in Berekum
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ghana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom −
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Berekum in Bono
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bono
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Berekum East Municipal
- Settlement.leader_title
- Omanhene
- Settlement.leader_name
- Daasebre Dr. Amankona Diawuo II, Unfortunately died in 2023
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 62,364
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 327
- Official website
- bema.gov.gh
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- Berekum
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Berekum, nicknamed "The Golden City", is a city and the capital of Berekum East Municipal in the Bono Region of Ghana. The city has a population of 62,364 as of 2012. The native language of the Berekum people is the Bono Twi. As of 2020, the Omanhene of the city is Daasebre Dr. Amankona Diawuo II.
== History == Based on oral tradition, there were three Akan people groups who originally migrated and settled in the area (now known as Berekum). The first branch to arrive, known as the Awasu people, are said to be migrants from Denkyira (now residing in Biadan). The second branch also originated from Denkyira, now residing in Abi ( from Berekum).
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