Daboya
Daboya is the capital of North Gonja District in the Savannah Region of Ghana which is located in the Ghanaian Northern Plains. It is an ancient Gonja town on the White Volta River, historically famous across Ghana for its salt, handmade smocks, and as the site of the Daboya Weavers.- Type: Town
- Description: Daboya is a town in the Savannah Region of Ghana, known historically as an important salt trading settlement and a prominent center for traditional fugu weaving. It is the capital of the North Gonja District.
- Also known as: “Daboya, Ghana”
Daboya
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: North Gonja, Savannah Region, Ghanaian Northern Plains, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.5303° or 9° 31′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.3837° or 1° 23′ 1″ westElevation
107 metres (351 feet)Open location code
6CXWGJJ8+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 2115724530OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Dagbani to Twi—“Daboya” goes by many names.
- Dagbani: “Daboya”
- Dutch: “Daboya”
- Farefare: “Daboya”
- French: “Daboya”
- Hebrew: “דבויה”
- Japanese: “ダボヤ”
- Kusaal: “Daboya”
- Russian: “Дабоя”
- Southern Dagaare: “Daboya”
- Swedish: “Daboya”
- Twi: “Daboya”
- “a town in savannah region of Ghana”
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