Berekum

Berekum, nicknamed the Golden City, is a city and the capital of the Berekum East Municipal District in the Bono Region of Ghana, with a recorded population of 62,364. Its people speak Bono Twi, and the traditional ruler of the Berekum Traditional Area is the Omanhene, Daasebre Dr. Amankona Diawuo II as of 2020. Oral tradition says three Akan groups settled the area: the Awasu people from Denkyira, a second branch from Denkyira now living at Abi about four kilometres away, and Gyaman soldiers from Asokore whom the Asante army posted there after defeating the Gyaman. About two thirds of residents live in urban areas, and nearly nine in ten are Christian, mostly Pentecostal, Protestant or Catholic, with Muslims making up 6.5 percent. More than 70 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, growing plantains, maize, cassava, yams and cocoyams.