Wenchi Municipal District is one of the twelve districts in Bono Region , Ghana . Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Wenchi District , until the western part of the district was split off to create Tain District on 12 November 2003 (effectively 17 February 2004); thus the remaining part has been retained as Wenchi District . It was later elevated to municipal district assembly status and has been renamed as Wenchi Municipal District on 29 February 2008. The municipality is located in the northeast part of Bono Region and has Wenchi as its capital town.
21-569: The municipality is located in the eastern part of Bono Region of Bonoland of Bono people . It is bounded to the south by Sunyani Municipality and to the north by Kintampo South District . It also shares a common boundary with Tain District to the west and Techiman Municipal District to the west. The municipality lies within latitudes 7° 30′ South and 7° 15′ North and longitudes 2o 17’ West and 1° 55′ East. The municipality covers 1,296.6 square kilometres (500.6 sq mi). Wenchi Municipal
42-516: A facility. For instance, JHS pupils from Akete and Nyinamponaase walked a distance of 7 km everyday to attend JHS in Wenchi and Tromeso respectively in 2009. In 2010, the municipality had two well established senior high schools: Wenchi Senior High School and Koase Senior High School. The municipality recognized the need to improve access to secondary education and started another senior high school at Nchiraa in 2010. In 2010, basic school enrollment in
63-521: A mother owns a child. The queenmother is always seen as the daughter of the moon by Bonos, who symbolizes the female characteristics of Nyame , the Supreme Being who created the universe by giving birth to the sun (Amowia). The sun is therefore regarded as the son of the moon and is personified as the Sungod. The queenmother therefore is represented as the great Mother-Moon-goddess, the king as
84-438: A total of two hundred and ninety-eight health professionals manning these health facilities in 2010. As of 2010 there were: The Methodist hospital was the highest employer, employing about 183 professionals. In 2010, staffing level of the population to doctor ratio stood at 1:11,330, which was an improvement compared to the 2007 ratio of 1:16,176. In 2010, the municipality also had a population to nurse ratio of 1:1545. Even though
105-504: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bono people The Bono , also called the Brong and the Abron , are an Akan people of West Africa . Bonos are normally tagged Akan piesie or Akandifo of which Akan is a derivative name. Bono is the genesis and cradle of Akans . Bono is one of the largest ethnic group of Akan and are matrilineal people. Bono people speak
126-476: Is on improved public health, and, many improvements have been made in nutrition and in maternal and child care. Many of the endemic diseases, such as malaria, pneumonia, and diseases of the gastroenteritis group, has been eliminated. In 2010, there were eight (8) health facilities providing health care to inhabitants of the Municipality. Out of the eight, five were public or government health facilities while
147-507: Is one of the largest of the 12 districts in the Bono Region. Wenchi town, the municipal capital, is 56 km from Sunyani and 29 km from Techiman . Its closeness to Techiman, a major national market, poses several benefits for agricultural production. The majority of the people in the municipality derive their livelihoods mainly from the environment thus the land for farming, animal husbandry and settlements. A good human resource base of
168-488: Is that increasing numbers of females are being given access to education. Factors contributing to this included the introduction of the capitation grant, the School Feeding Programme and other such social interventions. Enrolment in schools has been increasing since 2010. This could be an indication of improving human resource development for the district. The main emphasis of district development plan
189-711: The Bono Twi of Akan language. Twi language, thus the dialect of Bono is a derivative of a Bono King Nana Twi In the late fifteenth century, the Bono people founded the Gyaaman kingdom as extension of Bono state in what is now Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire . In the 12th century, when Bonos discovered gold at the Twi river and Prabom across the Tain river , Bonos became very powerful owing to its wealth in gold at Bonoman . Bonos used
210-873: The Portuguese arrived at the Gold Coast , Begho of Bonoman was one of the largest ancient cities in West Africa with an estimated population 12,000. Bono Manso , another historic city, played a noteworthy role in the Atlantic slave trade , and in contemporary times, diaspora Africans often visit to learn more about their history. Traditionally, Bono is the hub of Akan cultures, and many aspects of Akan culture originate from Bono, e.g. clans (abusua) , ntoro , Akan drums ( fontomfrom , atumpan ), Akan nomenclature , umbrellas used for kings, adinkra symbols , fly whisk , ivory trumpets , head gears , swords of
231-653: The Sungod , and the state as the Universe . Silver represents moonlight as the colour of the queenmother, just as gold, the colour of the sun, represents the king. Perceived from another angle, seven heavenly bodies Moon , Sun , Mars , Mercury , Jupiter , Venus , and Saturn rule the heaven . Seven abusua or matrilineal clans represent them on earth and rule the state. Tain District Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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#1732783521078252-401: The acquired territory. Traditionally, a state could not be founded without a queenmother in the olden days, although many states were founded without a king . As the succession was (and still is) in the female line and as only the maternal ancestors were (and are) venerated, it was very essential that a female of royal blood gave birth to a state. That is why a queenmother owns a state, as
273-739: The god advised him to build towns or states. The god therefore got his laudatory name Biakuru, meaning "he who builds towns". Bonos then proceeded to build a town called Yefiri (literally “we are coming out of the cave”). Ohene Asaman of the falcon clan Ayoko and the Bonohemaa Ameyaa Kesse built another town as an extension and named it Bono Manso which became a capital to Bonoman with a confederation of seven powerful clans. Some other settlements were named after abosom that occupied that land. The Krontihene however stayed still at Yefiri. The families that came along were encouraged to live apart from each other, in different parts of
294-464: The gold dust as a measure of currency in Bonoman and at the various market centres of Djenne , Timbuktu , and North Africa . In most cases, gold weighing ( abramboo ) were used to determine what quantity of gold should be exchanged for a commodity. Bono people were dexterously noted for brass casting , weaving of cloth (gagawuga, kyenkyen, and kente), pottery and so on. Around 1471, when
315-508: The municipality had recorded some significant increases in the number of health professionals in the past two years since 2008, the numbers in 2010, were still not enough considering that the hospitals in the municipality serve as a referral point for health facilities in the Tain District . 07°34′38″N 01°55′45″W / 7.57722°N 1.92917°W / 7.57722; -1.92917 This Bono Region location article
336-408: The municipality was appreciable considering that over 90% of children of school going age were actually in school. The total enrolment during the 2009/2010 academic year stood at 25,751 of which 51.9% are males while 48.1% are females. Gender Parity Index (GPI) in education had improved tremendously over the years. The GPI which was 0.89 in 2007 increased to 0.92 in 2008 and 0.93 in 2009. The implication
357-505: The municipality. Children from communities that do not have primary schools do not walk more than 3 km to access a facility. The number of junior high schools (JHS) however does not equal the number of primary schools in the municipality. In 2010, there were forty public junior high schools and ten private junior high schools. This partly contributed to a high drop-out rate at the JHS level as pupils had to commute over longer distances to access
378-526: The nation. Bonos perform many Akan traditional dances such as Kete, Adowa , fontomfrom, and other dances. The bono people are most located in Ghana in the north Bono means "pioneer" or the "first born on the land". Among the Bonos, when a woman gave birth for the first time, it was referred to as her abonowoo. Bonos migrated from Ancient Ghana . Due to the imposition on them of another practice, they fled to
399-496: The other three were privately owned. These health facilities occasionally referred cases to the Sunyani Regional Hospital. In 2010, the problem with health facilities in the Municipality was that only two hospitals in the municipality were privately owned and this made the cost of health delivery very high. There was also the problem of spatial disparity in the distribution or location of facilities. There were
420-560: The people in Wenchi Municipal depends greatly on their level of education. Education is the most treasured legacy of the district's residents and also the only means through which development can be propelled. Generally, physical accessibility to basic schools is commendable. This is especially so at the primary level where virtually every community has a Kindergarten (KG) and a primary school. In 2009, there were seventy public primary schools and twenty-two private primary schools in
441-586: The southern part of the Black Volta river and the tropical forest of central Ghana in order to maintain their Bono Ancestral worship and spirituality . According to oral tradition, a moiety of Bonos emerged from a hole called Amonwi cave due to an earthquake at Pinihini near Fiema in Nkoransa state, and converged with the former group at thither. With the leader being Ohene Asaman in consultation with his god ( bosom buru or bosommuru ) for guidance,
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