| 词条 | Wenchi |
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|official_name = Wenchi |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Town |motto = |pushpin_map = Ghana |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Wenchi in Brong Ahafo, Ghana |subdivision_type = |subdivision_name = |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Brong Ahafo |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Wenchi Municipal |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2012 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 39,187[1] |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title = Demonym |population_blank2 = |population_blank3_title =Religions |population_blank3 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = GMT |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = GMT |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|7|33|33|N|1|55|45|W|region:GH|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 304 |elevation_ft = }}Wenchi is a town and is the capital of Wenchi Municipal of the Brong-Ahafo Region in middle-belt of Ghana. Wenchi is located at 7.73333 [latitude in decimal degrees], -2.1 [longitude in decimal degrees] at an average elevation/altitude of 304 meters.[2] Wenchi is approximately 30 km north of Techiman and about 50 km east of the Ivory Coast border. Wenchi has a population of 39,187 people in 2013.[1] TransportWenchi is connected by road to Techiman and Sunyani and its airport, Sunyani Airport.[3] Wenchi is not serviced by a railway station on the Ghana Railway Corporation, but it has been proposed that a line be extended to Wenchi. It has less vehicular traffic as few people own cars and motors. ==Culture== Wenchi celebrates the annual Apoo, a yam festival in April/May. The climax of the Apoo is the durbar of the king (Omanhene) through Wenchi. In August, the annual yam festival takes place in Wenchi and it marks the end of the first rainy season and harvesting of the yam in the towns of Wenchi and Techiman.[3] SportsThe inhabitants of Wenchi are sports fanatics; many residents follow several Wenchi-based sports teams. Current second division team is Wenchiman. The team Unity Sporting Club, a sports academy, is located in Wenchi. Notable peopleWenchi is the hometown and birthplace of former Ghanaian prime minister Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was born and is buried there. There is a street named after him, Busia Street. His sister Ama Brema Busia, a former member of council of state, is his only living sibling. References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=1170623253&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-85&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |title=World Gazetteer online |publisher=World-gazetteer.com |accessdate=}} 2. ^Touring Brong Ahafo 3. ^1 {{cite web | last = Warren | first = Dennis Michael| date = 2001 |url = http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/techiman.html |title=African Art - Techiman| accessdate = 2008-06-13}}
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1 : Populated places in the Brong-Ahafo Region |
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