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Savelugu

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Also known as Yoo yili, Saveluga, saberugu, saylwgw

Savelugu is a town and the capital of Savelugu Municipal, a municipality in the Northern Region of north Ghana. Savelugu has a 2021 settlement population of 122,888 people. There are many villages under Savelugu kingship. Most of the villages are smaller.

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Place details

Locality
Savelugu
Region
Northern Region
Country
Ghana
Population
40,654
Timezone
Africa/Accra

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Key facts

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Savelugu
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Town & District Capital
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300px
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Ghana
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bottom
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Location Savelugu in Northern region
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ghana
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Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Northern Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Savelugu-Munucipal Assembly
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_total
122,888
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Ethnicities
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Religions
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GMT

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
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Savelugu is a town and the capital of Savelugu Municipal, a municipality in the Northern Region of north Ghana. Savelugu has a 2021 settlement population of 122,888 people. There are many villages under Savelugu kingship. Most of the villages are smaller.

==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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Savelugu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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