Brong-Ahafo region
The Brong-Ahafo region was a region of Ghana with the capital Sunyani . In 2016, 2.6 million people lived in the region in an area of 39,557 km². Its ISO-3166-2 code was GH-BA. When the Ahafo Region and the Bono East Region split off on February 13, 2019, it lost 71.92% of its area and 59.92% of its population. The rest of them renamed themselves the Bono Region .
geography
The region was in the middle of the country and bordered in the north by the Northern Region , in the east by the Volta Region , in the southeast by the Eastern Region , in the south by the Ashanti Region , in the southwest by the Western Region and in the west by the Ivory Coast . In terms of area, it was the second largest region in Ghana and in terms of population it was in the mean of the regions of Ghana.
Population development
| Census year | population |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 587.920 |
| 1970 | 766.509 |
| 1984 | 1,206,608 |
| 2000 | 1,815,408 |
| 2010 | 2,310,983 |
Administrative structure
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In 2012 the region was divided into 27 districts :
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2010 Population & Housing Census ( Memento from July 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF document, 5.5 MB, English)