Savelugu

Savelugu is a town and the capital of the Savelugu Municipal District in the Northern Region of northern Ghana, with a 2021 settlement population of 122,888. It stands on the Tamale to Bolgatanga highway and hosts the largest market in the district, the main trading point for farmers of the district and its neighbours. In the 19th century it was the centre of one of the major divisions of the Dagomba, ruled by Andani, who fought the raiding forces of the Zabarima emirate. It is one of the native towns of the Dagbon Kingdom, with Karaga and Mion, the three gate skins to the sacred kingship, reserved for the princes of a Ya-Na. The town is known as Yoo yili and has the Savelugu Senior High School and the Savelugu School for the Deaf.