Savelugu

Savelugu is a town and the capital of Savelugu Municipal, a municipality in the Northern Region of north Ghana.[2] Savelugu has a 2012 settlement population of 38,074 people.[1]

Savelugu
Town & District Capital
Savelugu
Location Savelugu in Northern region
Coordinates: 9°37′N 0°50′W
RegionNorthern Region
DistrictSavelugu-Nanton District
Population
 (2012)
 • Total38,074[1]
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

History

In the 19th-century Savelugu was the center of one of the major divisions of the Dagomba and ruled over by Andani who was involved in fighting with the raiding forces of the Zabarima (emirate).[3]

Culture

Savelugu is one of the native towns of the Dagomba and along with Karaga and Mion is the most important paramountcy of the Dagbon Kingdom, reserved only for the Princes of the Ya-Na.

Economy

The town is situated on an economically important route of Tamale-Bolgatanga highway and serves as the administrative and economic capital of the Savelugu Municipal District. Being an Agricultural hub itself and surrounded by towns and villages whose primary economic activity is Agriculture, it hosts the largest market in the district which serves as the main trade point for farmers in the district and other neighboring districts.

Education

The town of Savelugu is known as Yoo yili. Which has Senior High School with the name Savelugu Senior High School (SAVESS), a second cycle institution and the Savelugu School for the Deaf, one of the few schools for the deaf in Ghana.

References
  1. "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
  2. Savelugu-Nanton district
  3. [copied Wilks, Ivor. "'He Was With Them': Malam Abu On The Zaberma Of The Middle Volta Basin." Sudanic Africa 4 (1993): 213-22. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653233.]


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