Sagnarigu is a community and capital of

Sagnarigu District Sagnarigu Municipal District is one of the sixteen districts in the Northern Region of Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the sout ...

in the Northern Region of

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

History

Yakubu II Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II (1945–2002) was the King of Dagbon, the traditional kingdom of the Dagomba people in northern Ghana, from 31 May 1974 until his assassination on 27 March 2002. He was born in August 1945 in Sagnarigu, a suburb of Ta ...

was born in Sangarigu in 1945 and later went on to rule as King of Dagbon until his assassination on 27 March 2002. On 7 November 2012, Alhaji Saani Abdul-Razak, the Northern Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education observed that violence promotes the destruction of pre-mature society. He convinced the people of Sagnarigu to despise violence and promote peace in the community. Today, the community maintains its own chief palace for cultural events and is the seat of the Paramount Chief.

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Communities in Ghana Suburbs of Tamale, Ghana {{NorthernRegionGH-geo-stub

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