Official Name: | Osino |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Osino in Eastern Region (Ghana) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Region (Ghana) |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Fanteakwa District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | GMT |
Timezone Dst: | GMT |
Coordinates: | 6.35°N -29°W |
Osino is a town and the capital of Fanteakwa South district, of the Eastern region of Ghana, located on the Accra-Kumasi highway between Anyinam and Bunsu Junction.[1] [2] It is a semi-rural agrarian setting popular for the street-hawking of the sweetened boiled maize dough delicacy known as the "Osino Graphic".[3]
The town is the location of the Osino Presbyterian Secondary Technical School and is known for the mining of gold. The school is a second-cycle institution.[4]