Brong-Ahafo

1. What year was the Brong-Ahafo Region formed? 

Answer: 1959


2. What was the capital city of the Brong-Ahafo Region? 

Answer: Sunyani


3. What was the estimated population of the region in 2000? 

Answer: 2,373,007


4. Which traditional areas were combined to form the Brong-Ahafo Region? 

Answer: Brong and Ahafo


5. What is the dominant climate of the Brong-Ahafo Region? 

Answer: Tropical savanna


6. What is the main agricultural product of the region? 

Answer: Cocoa


7. Name one mineral deposit found in the Brong-Ahafo Region. 

Answer: Gold, diamonds, or bauxite


8. What is the most common language spoken in the region? 

Answer: Akan dialects like Twi or Bono


9. What is the most popular sport in the Brong-Ahafo Region? 

Answer: Football/Soccer


10. What is the name of a popular dish from the region? 

Answer: Fufu


11. What river forms the western border of the former Brong-Ahafo Region? 

Answer: Black Volta River


12. What mountain range runs along the eastern border of the region?

Answer: Mampong Escarpment


13. What is the name of the largest protected area in the former region? 

Answer: Tano-Swyedru National Park


14. What is the traditional name for the area that is now the Ahafo Region? 

Answer: Akyem Abuakwa


15. What is the name of the university established in Sunyani in 1988? 

Answer: University of Education, Sunyani


16. What is the name of the annual festival celebrated by the Bono people to mark their migration? 

Answer: Bono Odwira Festival


17. What is the name of the traditional woven fabric produced in the region? 

Answer: Adinkra


18. What is the name of the largest artificial lake in Ghana, located partly in the former Brong-Ahafo Region? 

Answer: Lake Volta


19. What is the name of the traditional ruler of the Brong people? 

Answer: Brong Ahafohene


20. What year was the Brong-Ahafo Region dissolved? 

Answer: 2009


Type By Munmi Hazarika