Gambaga
Gambaga is the historic capital of East Mamprusi Municipal in the North East Region of Ghana located in the Ghanaian Northern Plains. Perched on the Gambaga Escarpment above the White Volta valley, it offers dramatic views, cooler breezes, and deep Mamprusi history.Photo: Salifu Memunatu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nalerigu.
Nalerigu
Photo: Wumbeidoo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nalerigu is a town of 15,000 people in the Ghanaian Northern Plains. It is the traditional capital of the Mamprusi people, the seat of the Paramount Chief, the NaYiri.
Gambaga
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Ghana
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly, North East Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.53091° or 10° 31′ 51″ northLongitude
-0.43816° or 0° 26′ 17″ westElevation
389 metres (1,276 feet)Open location code
7C2XGHJ6+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 434423058OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Gambaga” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Gambaga”
- Bulgarian: “Гамбага”
- Catalan: “Gambaga”
- Cebuano: “Gambaga”
- Chinese: “嘎巴嘎”
- Czech: “Gambaga”
- Dutch: “Gambaga”
- Finnish: “Gambaga”
- French: “Gambaga”
- Galician: “Gambaga”
- German: “Gambaga”
- Hausa: “Gambaga”
- Irish: “Gambaga”
- Japanese: “ガンバガ”
- Korean: “감바가”
- Polish: “Gambaga”
- Spanish: “Gambaga”
- Swedish: “Gambaga”
- Turkish: “Gambaga”
- “Gambaga”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gambaga Post Office and Gambaga College of Education.
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