Nkoranza
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Nkoranza (or Nkoransa) is a town located in the mid-north of Ghana. It is the district capital of the Nkoranza District in the Bono East Region.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Nkoranza is referenced by 151 other articles, and connects out to Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana and time zone.
It is catalogued under topics including Populated places in the Bono East Region and Use Ghanaian English from January 2023.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Nkoranza
- Region
- Bono East Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 35,401
- Timezone
- Africa/Accra
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Gold Coast Colony
- Located in
- Nkoranza South Municipal Assembly
- Continent
- Africa
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- different from
- Nkoranza District
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Nkoranza South District
- Nkoranza North District
- Transport
- Education
- See also
- References
Nkoranza (or Nkoransa) is a town located in the mid-north of Ghana. It is the district capital of the Nkoranza District in the Bono East Region.
A leading Brong town, the town led the 1892-93 Brong rebellion against the Ashanti. Nkoranza is a town located in the newly created Bono East Region, from the Former Mother Region Brong Ahafo, which use to Host the now Ahafo Region and the current Bono East Region. Nkoranza is now in the Bono East Region whose capital is Techiman. It is divided into two districts: Nkoranza North and Nkoranza south district. Nkoranza has a market at which mainly yams, maize, and other foodstuffs are sold.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nkoranza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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