Techiman is the leading market town in Ghana and is, together with Sunyani, one of the two chief cities of the Brong-Ahafo Region. This city of nearly 80,000 is located at a historical crossroads of trade routes and the Tano River, and serves as capital of the Techiman Municipal District.Techiman is the legendary birthplace of all of the Akan peoples. The Fante people, according to their oral tradition, migrated from Techiman to found the coastal Mankessim Kingdom in 1252.