Yagbum

Yagbum
Yabum
Yagbum Yabum
Town
	Yagbum Location of Yagbum in Savannah Region, Ghana
	Coordinates: 10°00′N1°19′W / 10.000°N 1.317°W
Country	Ghana
Region	Savannah Region
District	North Gonja District
Population
• Ethnicities	Gonja people
Time zone	GMT

Last updated February 07, 2025

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

↑ 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)

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[Bakewell-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)

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Yagbum Yabum
Town
Yagbum Location of Yagbum in Savannah Region, Ghana
Coordinates: 10°00′N1°19′W / 10.000°N 1.317°W / 10.000; -1.317
Country	Ghana
Region	Savannah Region
District	North Gonja District
Population
• Ethnicities	Gonja people
Time zone	GMT