The Bono East Region was created on 13th February 2019 by Constitutional Instrument (CI) 113 with Techiman as the Regional Capital. It was carved out of the erstwhile Brong Ahafo Region.
This was after 448,545 voters in the Region (99.50%) voted in favour of the creation of the Region in a referendum held on 27th December 2018. The Region has eleven (11) Assemblies under its jurisdiction: four (4) Municipal and seven (7) District Assemblies. The Municipal Assemblies are Techiman, Kintampo, Nkoranza South and Atebubu Amantin. The District Assemblies are Kintampo South, Techiman North, Nkoranza North, Sene West, Sene East, Pru West and Pru East.
LOCATION AND SIZE
The Bono East Region is located in mid Ghana and serves as a transit for travelers from the South to the Northern part of Ghana. It shares boundaries with the Savannah Region at the North, Bono Region at the West, Ashanti Region at the South and the Volta Lake at the East. The Region covers an area of 23,654.54km2 representing ten percent (10%) of Ghana’s total land size.