Sunyani, the Glossary
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- Populated places in the Bono Region
- Regional capitals in Ghana
Abesim
Abesim is a town in Sunyani Municipal District in the Bono Region of Ghana. Sunyani and Abesim are populated places in the Bono Region.
Absa Bank Ghana
Absa Bank Ghana Limited (ABGL), formerly known as Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited, is a commercial bank in Ghana, licensed by the Bank of Ghana, the country's central bank and national banking regulator.
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Accra
Accra (Ga or Gaga; Nkran; Ewe: Gɛ; Ankara) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. Sunyani and Accra are Regional capitals in Ghana.
Aflao
Aflao is a town in Ketu South District in the Volta Region on Ghana's border with Togo.
Agricultural Development Bank of Ghana
Agricultural Development Bank of Ghana, commonly known as Agricultural Development Bank or ADB, is a government-owned development and commercial bank in Ghana.
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Akan people
The Akan people are a Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa.
Alabama
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Bank of Ghana
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is the Central Bank of Ghana.
Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary
The Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Wildlife Sanctuary is found at Boaben and Fiema, twin communities 22 kilometers away from the Nkoranza North District of the Bono East region, Ghana.
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Bolgatanga
Bolgatanga (Frafra: Bɔlegataŋa), colloquially known as Bolga, is a town and the capital of the Bolgatanga Municipality and Upper East Region of Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. Sunyani and Bolgatanga are Regional capitals in Ghana.
Bono people
The Bono, also called the Brong and the Abron, are an Akan people of West Africa.
Bono Region
The Bono region is one of the 16 administrative regions of Ghana.
Boutique
A boutique is a retail shop that deals in high end fashionable clothing or accessories.
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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Brong-Ahafo region
The Brong-Ahafo region was a region in central Ghana.
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Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Ghana. Sunyani and cape Coast are Regional capitals in Ghana.
Catholic University College of Ghana
The Catholic University College of Ghana is one of the private universities in Ghana.
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Childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section.
City
A city is a human settlement of a notable size.
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Cocoa bean
The cocoa bean, also known simply as cocoa or cacao, is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted.
Credit union
A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit cooperative financial institution.
Demonym
A demonym or gentilic is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place.
DHL
DHL is a logistics company providing courier, package delivery and express mail service, delivering over 1.7 billion parcels per year.
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Ecobank Ghana
Ecobank Ghana PLC is a commercial bank in Ghana.
Elubo
Elubo is a town in the Jomoro district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana.
Express mail
Express mail is an expedited mail delivery service for which the customer pays a premium for faster delivery.
Fax
Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (short for telefacsimile), is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device.
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FedEx
FedEx Corporation, originally Federal Express Corporation, is an American multinational conglomerate holding company focused on transportation, e-commerce and business services based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Fiapre
Fiapre is a town in Sunyani West Municipal in the Bono Region of Ghana. Sunyani and Fiapre are populated places in the Bono Region.
GCB Bank
GCB Bank Limited formally known as Ghana Commercial Bank is the largest bank in Ghana in terms of total operating assets and share of industry deposits, with 14.2% of total industry deposits.
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.
Greenfield College
The Greenfield College is a private university in Ghana.
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Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.
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Ho, Ghana
Ho is the a city and the capital of the Ho Municipal District and the Volta Region of Ghana. Sunyani and Ho, Ghana are Regional capitals in Ghana.
Hostel
A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory sleeping 4–20 people, with shared use of a lounge and usually a kitchen.
Human settlement
In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place.
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Kintampo waterfalls
Kintampo waterfalls is one of Ghana' highest waterfalls located in Bono East.
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Kola nut
The kola nut (Yoruba: obi, Dagbani: guli, Hausa: goro, Igbo: ọjị, Sängö: gôro, Swahili: mukezu) is the seed of certain species of plant of the genus ''Cola'', placed formerly in the cocoa family Sterculiaceae and now usually subsumed in the mallow family Malvaceae (as subfamily Sterculioideae).
Kotoka International Airport
Kotoka International Airport is an international airport in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
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Kumasi
Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi language) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Sunyani and Kumasi are Regional capitals in Ghana.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), commonly known as UST, Tech or Kwame Tech, is a public university located in Kumasi, Ashanti region, Ghana.
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The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels.
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Mailroom
A mailroom (US) or post room (UK) is a room in which incoming and outgoing mail is processed and sorted.
Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.
Metro Mass Transit Company Limited
The Metro Mass Transit Limited is a public transportation company in Ghana.
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Mim, Ahafo
Mim is a city in the Asunafo North Municipal District in the Ahafo Region of Ghana.
National Investment Bank
National Investment Bank, normally abbreviated to NIB, is a state owned commercial bank in Ghana.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Notre Dame High School (Ghana)
Notre Dame High School (Lycée Notre Dame) is an all-female second cycle institution in Fiapre in the Bono Region of Ghana.
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Passenger
A passenger is a person who travels in a vehicle, but does not bear any responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle, and is not a steward.
Passion Air
Pisces Aviation (dba as PassionAir) is a domestic airline of Ghana with its head office in Accra, Ghana, and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
Payphone
A payphone (alternative spelling: pay phone or pay telephone or public phone) is typically a coin-operated public telephone, often located in a telephone booth or in high-traffic public areas.
Prempeh I International Airport
Prempeh I International Airport is an international airport in Ghana serving Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region, other regions in the middle belt of Ghana as well as the northern part of Ghana.
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Range (aeronautics)
The maximal total range is the maximum distance an aircraft can fly between takeoff and landing.
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Road transport
Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport using roads.
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Rural banks in Ghana
Rural banks in Ghana are small locally owned banks that operate under a specific mandate to support development projects and financial services to the rural population in Ghana.
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Sekondi-Takoradi
Sekondi-Takoradi is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. Sunyani and Sekondi-Takoradi are Regional capitals in Ghana.
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Service (economics)
A service is an act or use for which a consumer, company, or government is willing to pay.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Skyline
A skyline is the outline or shape viewed near the horizon.
Societe Generale Ghana
Societe Generale Ghana Limited (SG) is a bank that is based in Ghana, previously known as Société Générale - Social Security Bank (SG-SSB).
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St. James Seminary Senior High School
St.
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Standard Bank
Standard Bank Group Limited is a major South African bank and financial services group.
Sunyani Airport
Sunyani Airport has been reopened after undergoing extensive rehabilitation of both the runway and terminal building.The airport serves Sunyani, a town and capital of Bono Region mid-western Ghana.
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Sunyani Municipal District
Sunyani Municipal District is one of the twelve districts in Bono Region, Ghana.
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Sunyani Senior High School
Sunyani Senior High School (SUSEC) is a coeducational second cycle institution in Sunyani in the Bono Region of Ghana.
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Sunyani Technical University
The Sunyani Technical University (STU) (formally known as Sunyani Polytechnic) is a public tertiary institution in the Bono Region of Ghana.
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Takoradi Airport
Takoradi Airport is an airport in Sekondi-Takoradi, a city and capital of Western Region southern Ghana.
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Tamale
A tamale, in Spanish, is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaves.
Taxi
A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.
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Techiman
Techiman is a city and the capital of Techiman Municipal and Bono East Region of Ghana.
Telephone numbers in Ghana
The Ghana telephone numbering plan is the system used for assigning telephone numbers in Ghana.
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Tema
Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana.
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Tro tro
In Ghana and neighboring countries, tro tro are privately owned minibus share taxis that travel fixed routes leaving when filled to capacity.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa is a city in and the county seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet.
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Universal Merchant Bank
The Universal Merchant Bank, formerly known as Merchant Bank Ghana Limited, is a Ghanaian financial institution headquartered in Accra.
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University of Cape Coast
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is a public collegiate university located in the historic town of Cape Coast in the central region of Ghana.
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University of Energy and Natural Resources
The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR; Université de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles) is a public-funded university in Ghana, that was established by an Act of the Parliament of Ghana, Act 830, 2011 on December 31, 2011.
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The Volta River Authority (VRA) is the main generator and supplier of electricity in Ghana.
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Wa, Ghana
Wa is a town and the capital of the Wa Municipal District and the Upper West Region of Ghana. Sunyani and Wa, Ghana are Regional capitals in Ghana.
Yam (vegetable)
Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being toxic).
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Zenith Bank
Zenith Bank Plc is a major financial services provider in Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa, headquartered in Victoria Island, Lagos.
See also
Populated places in the Bono Region
- Abesim
- Atronie
- Banda Ahenkro
- Berekum
- Biadan
- Chiraa
- Dormaa Ahenkro
- Drobo, Ghana
- Fiapre
- Japekrom
- Jinijini
- Kyeremasu
- New Drobo
- Nkrankwanta
- Nsawkaw
- Nsoatre
- Odumase, Ghana
- Sampa, Ghana
- Seikwa
- Suma-Ahenkro
- Sunyani
- Wamanafo
- Wamfie
- Wenchi
Regional capitals in Ghana
- Accra
- Bolgatanga
- Cape Coast
- Dambai
- Damongo
- Goaso
- Ho, Ghana
- Koforidua
- Kumasi
- Nalerigu
- Sefwi Wiawso
- Sekondi-Takoradi
- Sunyani
- Tamale, Ghana
- Wa, Ghana
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunyani
Also known as History of Sunyani, Sunyani, Ghana.
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