Osino
{{Short description|Town in Eastern Region, Ghana}}
{{For|the unincorporated community in the United States|Osino, Nevada}}
{{Use Ghanaian English|date=January 2023}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2019}}
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Osino is a town and the capital of Fanteakwa South district, of the Eastern region of Ghana, located on the Accra-Kumasi highway between Anyinam and Bunsu Junction.{{Cite web |title=Ghana Districts: A repository of all Local Assemblies in Ghana |url=https://www.ghanadistricts.com/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.ghanadistricts.com}}{{Cite web |title=Profile – Fanteakwa District Assembly |url=https://fsda.gov.gh/profile/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |language=en-US}} It is a semi-rural agrarian setting popular for the street-hawking of the sweetened boiled maize dough delicacy known as the "Osino Graphic".{{Cite web|url=http://thechronicle.com.gh/dr-asebu-amenfi-3/|title=When 100 musketry is fired at a funeral Politics is in the air|first=Dr. Asebu|last=Amenfi|website=The Chronicle|date=15 May 2012|access-date=26 February 2016}} {{dead link|date=July 2019}}
The town is the location of the Osino Presbyterian Secondary Technical School and is known for the mining of gold. The school is a second-cycle institution.{{cite web|title=List of Secondary Schools in Ghana|url=http://www.ghanaschoolsnet.com/page/list-of-senior-secondary|website=www.ghanaschoolsnet.com/|access-date=12 August 2011}}
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Category:Populated places in the Eastern Region (Ghana)
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