Yendi

Yendi
Town & District Capital
The Yendi cathedral
The Yendi cathedral
Yendi is located in Ghana
Yendi
Yendi
Location of Yendi in Northern region
Coordinates: 9°25′57″N 0°0′15″W / 9.43250°N 0.00417°W / 9.43250; -0.00417
CountryGhana
RegionNorthern Region
DistrictYendi Municipal District
Population
 (2012)
 • Total52,008[1]
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Yendi (Dagbanli: Yani, 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.[2] As of 2021, the population of Yendi was 154,421 comprising 76,142 males and 78,279 females.[3][1] It is the seat of the King of the Dagbon, Ghana's oldest kingdom.

A typical Yendi household in 1957
  1. ^ a b "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  2. ^ Northern » Yendi Municipal district Archived March 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Ghana Districts: A repository of all Local Assemblies in Ghana". www.ghanadistricts.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.