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Yagbum

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Yagbum
Yabum
Yagbum is located in Ghana
Yagbum
Yagbum
Location of Yagbum in Savannah Region, Ghana
Coordinates: 10°00′N 1°19′W / 10.000°N 1.317°W / 10.000; -1.317
CountryGhana
RegionSavannah Region
DistrictNorth Gonja District
Population
 • Ethnicities
Gonja people
Time zoneGMT

Yagbum, also spelled Yabum, is a town in Ghana, and the former capital city of the Gonja kingdom founded by Naba'a of the Ngbanya dynasty. Naba'a reigned from 1552/3 to 1582/3.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Wilks,Ivor. Wangara, Akan, and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (1997). Bakewell, Peter (ed.). Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. p. 30.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)