Berekum
Berekum | |
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| Nickname(s): BKM | |
  Berekum Location of Berekum in Bono, Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 7°27′N 2°35′W / 7.450°N 2.583°W | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Bono |
| District | Berekum Municipal |
| Elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 62,364[1] |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
| Website | Berekum Website |
Berekum is a city and is the capital of Berekum Municipal in the Bono Region of Ghana.[2] Berekum has a population of 62,364.[1] The native language of the Berekum people is the Bono Twi.
Climate[]
| hideClimate data for Berekum | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
40.0 (104.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
46.0 (114.8) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
46.0 (114.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.6 (0.3) |
10 (0.4) |
13 (0.5) |
48 (1.9) |
89 (3.5) |
76 (3.0) |
30 (1.2) |
33 (1.3) |
61 (2.4) |
79 (3.1) |
30 (1.2) |
7.6 (0.3) |
490 (19.1) |
| Source: Meoweather.com[3] | |||||||||||||
Stadiums and sports[]
Stadiums[]
Sports[]
Professional sports teams based in Berekum include:
- Berekum Chelsea
- Berekum Arsenal
Personalities[]
- Cpt. Rtd.
- Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
- John Paintsil
- Kwesi Appiah
- Asamoah Gyan
- Asiedu Nketia
- Kwadwo Afari-Gyan
- Isaac Sackey
- Kofi Adoma Nwanwani
- George Benneh
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
- ^ Berekum Municipal Archived June 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Berekum Weather Averages". Meoweather. 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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Coordinates: 7°27′N 2°35′W / 7.450°N 2.583°W
Categories:
- Populated places in the Bono Region
- Bono Region