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'''Nkoranza''' is one of two towns in [[Ghana]] of this name, one being located near the coast, and this one being located in the mid-north.
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'''Nkoranza''' (or '''Nkoransa''') is a town located in the mid-north of [[Ghana]]. It is the district capital of the [[Nkoranza District]] in the [[Brong-Ahafo Region]].


A leading [[Brong people|Brong]] town, the town led the 1892-93 Brong rebellion against the [[Ashanti]].<ref>Daniel Miles McFarland, ''Historical Dictionary of Ghana'', [[Scarecrow Press]], 1995, p. 130</ref>


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Revision as of 01:43, 20 January 2010

07°34′00″N 01°42′00″W / 7.56667°N 1.70000°W / 7.56667; -1.70000

Nkoranza (or Nkoransa) is a town located in the mid-north of Ghana. It is the district capital of the Nkoranza District in the Brong-Ahafo Region.

A leading Brong town, the town led the 1892-93 Brong rebellion against the Ashanti.[1]

Transport

Nkoranza is the location of a proposed railway station.

See also

References

  1. ^ Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 130