Gambaga

Gambaga lies on the northern Ghanaian savanna, near an escarpment overlooking the plains. It was an early capital of Mamprugu, a kingdom whose ruler bears the title Nayiri. Traditions of the Mamprusi link its ruling house to the founder Naa Gbewaa and to neighbouring Dagbon and Mossi dynasties. The royal court later moved from Gambaga to Nalerigu, but Gambaga remained an important town in the kingdom and a place associated with its early rulers.

The later city of Nalerigu lies here.