Kintampo, Ghana

Kintampo is a town and tourist destination in the Bono East Region of Ghana, near the geographic middle of the country. It became the capital of Kintampo North Municipal in 2004 and earlier served as the capital of the former Kintampo District. Most people are Bono, with settler groups such as the Wangara, Grushi, Grumah, Konkomba, Mo and Frafra, and most of them farm, growing yams, maize, cashew, mangoes, legumes and other vegetables. Tourist attractions include the Kintampo waterfalls and the Centre of Ghana monument. Education is served by Kintampo Senior High School, Modern Senior High School, Kintampo Technical Institute and Centre College Senior High School, and the Kintampo College of Health and Well-being is proposed to become a full university. The article gives a population of about 111,000.