Kintampo, Ghana Explained

Official Name:Kintampo
Nickname:Kings Town
Settlement Type:Town and District Capital
Pushpin Map:Ghana
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Kintampo in Bono East
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ghana
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Bono East
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kintampo North Municipal
Population As Of:2013
Population Total:111, 000[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicity
Population Blank1:[Bono] & Deg
Population Blank3 Title:Religions
Timezone:GMT
Timezone Dst:GMT
Coordinates:8.0522°N -1.7347°W

Kintampo is a town and tourist destination in the Bono East Region of Ghana. It became the capital of Kintampo North Municipal in 2004.[2] [3] Kintampo has a population of 111 000.[1] It also served as the capital of the former Kintampo District. Kintampo also has Senior High Schools (KINSS) which is located at Kyeremankoma, has participated in the National Science Quiz on numerous occasions. Modern Senior High School (MODESS). Kintampo Technical Institute- KINTECH and Centre College Senior High School. There is a college of health called Kintampo College of Health and Well-being (CoHK) in the town, which is proposed to become a full fledge University.[4] Most of the population in Kintampo are farmers, with production focused on yams, maize, legumes, tubers and other vegetables. The Bono tribe are indigenous to the town and shares traditional land boundaries. Kintampo is a cosmopolitan town, apart from the indigenous tribe, other settler tribes like the Mo, Wangaras, Gonjas, Konkombas and others are also inhabitants of the town. The annual Benkadi Kurubi festival of the Wangara community in Ghana always takes place at Kintampo.[5]

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Economic activities

Tourism

Kintampo is one of the tourist hubs of Ghana. There are several tourist attraction sites in the town notable among them are; Kintampo waterfalls,[7] Kintampo Fuller Falls. However, another iconic monument that has put the town on the tourism map is the Centre of Ghana site.[8]

Farming

Farming is the major occupation among the entire population of Kintampo. Most farmers here had turned the vast arable lands into cashew and mango plantations,[9] making the town one of the leading cultivators of these crops. A lot more are also into food crops such as yam, cassava, maize, beans and vegetables.

Sifting cultivation or slash and burn, a farming system in which forests are burnt, releasing nutrients to support cultivation of annual and then perennial crops for a period of several years is the most used system in Kintampo. Kintampo has produced great and famous people. The renowned Baba Yara, former Ghanaian football great hails from Kintampo.

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Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Gazetteer online . World-gazetteer.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111172126/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x . 2012-01-11 .
  2. http://www.kintamponorth.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/?arrow=dnf&_=37&r=10&rlv=towns Kintampo North Municipal
  3. http://www.touringghana.com/regions/brongahafo_region.asp Touring Brong Ahafo
  4. Web site: Online . Peace FM . Kintampo College Of Health Cries For Physical Infrastructure . 2022-08-17 . Peacefmonline- Ghana news.
  5. Web site: Allotey . Godwin Akweiteh . 2017-11-20 . Wangara Kurubi festival celebrated in Kintampo [Photos] ]. 2022-08-17 . Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always . en-US.
  6. Web site: Boateng . Kojo Akoto . 2017-04-05 . Speaker of Parliament directs inquiry into Kintampo disaster . 2022-11-16 . Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always . en-US.
  7. Web site: Kintampo Waterfalls . 2022-08-22 . Graphic Online . en-gb.
  8. Web site: Kintampo! Let’s go to the Centre of Ghana . 2022-08-22 . Graphic Online . en-gb.
  9. Web site: 2022-07-15 . Kintampo-based company finds solution to Mango BBS disease - MyJoyOnline.com . 2022-08-23 . Myjoyonline. . en-US.