Damongo

Damongo is a town and the capital of the West Gonja Municipal District in Ghana, declared the capital of the Savannah Region on 12 February 2019. It is home to Bikunuto Jewu Soale I, the paramount chief of the Gonja Kingdom, whose seat was moved from Nyange to Damongo in 1944 by Yagbonwura Awusi Ewuntomah Bunyangso, who ruled from 1942 to 1975, when Damongo was a small community of fewer than ten households. During the colonial era it served as an administrative centre. Although classified as urban, much of its population still relies on agriculture, growing corn, millet, cassava, cashew, yams, okra and groundnuts, and shea nuts are gathered from wild trees. Languages spoken include Gonja, Vagla, Hanga, Dagaare, Waale, Frafra, Twi, Ewe and Hausa.