Dagbon

oldest and one of the most organised traditional kingdoms in Ghana founded by the Dagbamba in the 15th century
Place human_settlement Q24697413
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Dagbon

Summary

Dagbon is a human settlement[1]. Dagbon ranks in the top 0.73% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month, #264 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dagbon is located in Northern Region[3].
  • Dagbon is in the country of Ghana[4].
  • Dagbon's continent is recorded as Africa[5].
  • Dagbon's instance of is recorded as human settlement[6].
  • Dagbon's capital is recorded as Yendi[7].
  • Dagbon's locator map image is recorded as Kingdom of Dagbon (Northern Territories) locator map.png[8].
  • Dagbon's location is recorded as Northern Region[9].
  • Dagbon's Commons category is recorded as Kingdom of Dagbon[10].
  • Dagbon's located in time zone is recorded as UTC[11].
  • +0003-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dagbon[12].
  • Dagbon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 9.5, 'lon': -0.25}[13].
  • Dagbon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012ds8gd[14].
  • Dagbon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dagbon[15].
  • Dagbon's population is recorded as {'unit': 'Q38526', 'amount': '+4000000'}[16].
  • Dagbon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Dagomba-kingdom[17].
  • Dagbon's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'dag', 'text': 'Dagomba found in the nothern part .o'}[18].
  • Dagbon's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2302058[19].
  • Dagbon's number of casualties is recorded as {'amount': '+8000'}[20].
  • Dagbon's number of casualties is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[21].
  • Dagbon's different from is recorded as Dagbamba[22].
  • Dagbon's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2071992[23].
  • Dagbon's ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID is recorded as 294906924[24].
  • Dagbon's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as dagbon[25].
  • Dagbon's KBpedia ID is recorded as Dagbon[26].

Body

Geography

Dagbon is in the country of Ghana[4]. Dagbon is located in Northern Region[3]. Dagbon's continent is recorded as Africa[5].

Physical Characteristics

Dagbon's population is recorded as {'unit': 'Q38526', 'amount': '+4000000'}[16].

Designation and Status

Dagbon's instance of is recorded as human settlement[6].

History and Context

+0003-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dagbon[12].

Why It Matters

Dagbon ranks in the top 0.73% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month, #264 of 35,923).[2] Dagbon has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Dagbon is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Dagbon has been cited as an influence by Gonja kingdom[29], a kingdom[30], in Ghana[31], founded in 1675[32].

FAQs

Who did Dagbon influence?

Dagbon has been cited as an influence by Gonja kingdom[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . achpr.au.int. Retrieved . achpr.au.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital Yendi
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Northern Region
    Located in time zone UTC
    Instance of human settlement
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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