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Sunyani
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Sunyani, town, west-central Ghana. It is surrounded by the forested Southern Ashanti Uplands.
The site was a camping place for elephant hunters in the late 19th century. The British set up a district headquarters there in 1924, and, with construction of the road to Kumasi, Sunyani became commercially important as a clearinghouse for cocoa, kola nuts, and staple foods (plantains, yams, and corn [maize]). There is a sports arena in Coronation Park. The town has an airport. Pop. (2000) 61,992; (2010) 74,240.