Yendi
title: "Yendi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-northern-region-(ghana)", "dagbon"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-northern-region-ghana" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yendi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Yendi |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | Town & District Capital |
| image_skyline | The Yendi cathedral in northern Ghana.jpg |
| imagesize | 300px |
| image_caption | The Yendi cathedral |
| pushpin_map | Ghana |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Yendi in Northern region |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Ghana |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Northern Region |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Yendi Municipal District |
| established_title | |
| unit_pref | Imperial |
| area_total_km2 | |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_as_of | 2012 |
| population_total | 52,008 |
| timezone | GMT |
| timezone_DST | GMT |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| postal_code_type | |
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Yendi (, meaning "Seat of the Yaa Naa"), is the traditional capital of the Kingdom of Dagbon and the administrative centre of the Yendi Municipal District in the Northern Region of Ghana. As of 2021, the population of Yendi was 154,421 comprising 76,142 males and 78,279 females. It is the seat of the King of the Dagbon, Ghana's oldest kingdom.
History
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-46-45.jpg" caption="A typical Yendi household in 1957"] ::
King Nyagse constructed Yendi between 1420 and 1500. Yendi is the capital of the Kingdom of Dagbon. The area was abandoned due to an invasion by King Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa of Gonja, which resulted in the death of the Dagbonian King Dariziogo. Yendi was conquered by the Asante Empire under the leadership of Opoku Ware I in 1744 or 1745, but there is academic dispute about the verifiability of this.
The area was taken over by the German Empire and incorporated into Togoland in 1901. The Ya Na resumed their control over Dagbon after the British seized Togoland from Germany as a result of World War I.
23 people were killed in a massacre by the Ghanaian army on 9 September 1969. In 2002, a massacre in Yendi killed at least 30 people, including Yakubu II.
Politics
In the 1969 parliamentary election Shanni Hazrat Mahama, the nominee of the Progress Party, defeated by the National Alliance of Liberals' candidate by a vote of 3,987 to 3,343.
Education
A trade school was established in Yendi in 1922.
Economy
The value of trade going through Yendi rose from RM 11,848 in 1905, to RM 27,250 in 1907, and RM 51,152 in 1909.
In 2004, proposals surfaced to link iron ore mines in the vicinity of Yendi by rail.
Climate
| width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Yendi (1981–2010) | collapsed = yes | Jan high C = 35.5 | Feb high C = 37.7 | Mar high C = 38.1 | Apr high C = 36.3 | May high C = 34.2 | Jun high C = 31.8 | Jul high C = 30.2 | Aug high C = 29.9 | Sep high C = 30.8 | Oct high C = 32.6 | Nov high C = 35.3 | Dec high C = 35.3 | Jan low C = 20.3 | Feb low C = 23.0 | Mar low C = 25.0 | Apr low C = 25.1 | May low C = 24.0 | Jun low C = 22.7 | Jul low C = 22.3 | Aug low C = 22.1 | Sep low C = 21.9 | Oct low C = 22.1 | Nov low C = 20.7 | Dec low C = 19.8 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 3.8 | Feb rain mm = 4.7 | Mar rain mm = 43.3 | Apr rain mm = 89.2 | May rain mm = 116.6 | Jun rain mm = 170.6 | Jul rain mm = 180.9 | Aug rain mm = 228.8 | Sep rain mm = 262.0 | Oct rain mm = 101.0 | Nov rain mm = 6.5 | Dec rain mm = 2.8 | unit rain days = 0.1 mm | Jan rain days = 1 | Feb rain days = 1 | Mar rain days = 3 | Apr rain days = 5 | May rain days = 8 | Jun rain days = 11 | Jul rain days = 11 | Aug rain days = 14 | Sep rain days = 16 | Oct rain days = 9 | Nov rain days = 1 | Dec rain days = 1 | source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web |url = https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=1385 |title = World Weather Information Service |publisher = World Meteorological Organization |access-date = August 18, 2024}}
References
Works cited
Journals
References
- "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com.
- link. (March 5, 2013)
- "Ghana Districts: A repository of all Local Assemblies in Ghana".
- [http://www.otal.com/ghana/transportnews.htm OTAL – Ghana] {{webarchive. link. (March 12, 2006)
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