Yeji

Coordinates: 8°13′N 0°39′W / 8.217°N 0.650°W

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Yeji
Town
View of main street in Yeji. In the background is Lake Volta.
Yeji Location of Yeji in Bono East Region, Ghana
Coordinates: 8°13′N 0°39′W / 8.217°N 0.650°W / 8.217; -0.650
Country	Ghana
Region	Bono East Region
District	Pru East District
Elevation	107 m (351 ft)
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	GMT

Yeji is a town in the centre of Ghana and the capital of the Pru East District of the Bono East Region in Ghana. Yeji is adjacent to Lake Volta. Yeji is connected by highway to Ejura and Kwadjokrom. It had a population of 29,515 at the census of 2010.^[1]

Yeji and its surroundings form the homeland of a branch of the Chumburu people, who also have a traditional area in the kingdom of Chumburung, at the other side of Lake Volta. They speak the Chumburung language, but the Yeji dialect is quite different from the one spoken in Chumburung itself. Apart from the Chumburu, Konkombas, Gonjas and others are also native in Yeji.

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^ "Ghana Statistical Service; 2010 Population & Housing Census, District Analytical Report, Pru District (pdf-fil)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

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Yeji at GhanaWeb
Media related to Yeji at Wikimedia Commons
Yeji travel guide from Wikivoyage

8°13′N 0°39′W / 8.217°N 0.650°W / 8.217; -0.650

v t e Ethnic groups in Ghana
Indigenous	Adele Agave Akan Abidji Ahafo Akyem Anyi Ahanta Ashanti Assin Avatime Bono Evalue Fante Nzema Bimoba Bissa Chumburu Dagaaba Dagomba Dyula Ewe Anlo Ewe Avenor Ewe Frafra Ga-Adangbe Guang Efutu Gonja Kyode Gurunsi Jakhanke Kassena Konkomba Krobo Kusasi Logba Mamprusi Nafana Tallensi Tem Tshi Wala Yeji
Non-indigenous	Hausa Fula Mossi Soninke Yoruba Zarma African Americans Arabs Chinese Gold Coast Euro-Africans Indians Tabom

v t e Districts and Capitals of the Bono Region of Ghana
Municipal (5)	Berekum East Municipal (Capital: Berekum) Dormaa Central Municipal (Capital: Dormaa Ahenkro) Jaman South Municipal (Capital: Japekrom) Sunyani Municipal (Capital: Sunyani) Wenchi Municipal (Capital: Wenchi)
Ordinary (7)	Banda (Capital: Banda Ahenkro) Berekum West (Capital: Jinijini) Dormaa East (Capital: Wamfie) Dormaa West (Capital: Nkrankwanta) Jaman North (Capital: Sampa) Sunyani West (Capital: Odumase) Tain (Capital: Nsawkaw)

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