Zongoiri
Zongoiri Natinga | |
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  Zongoiri Natinga Location in Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 10°39′41″N 0°25′1″W / 10.66139°N 0.41694°WCoordinates: 10°39′41″N 0°25′1″W / 10.66139°N 0.41694°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Upper East Region |
| District | Bawku West District |
Zongoiri Natinga is a community in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana, to the northwest of a bend in the White Volta River.
The chiefdom of Zongoiri lies below the , bordered to the south by the White Volta River and to the west by the Red Volta River. The Zongoiri Waterfall at Kianga on the White Volta is a local tourist attraction. Zongoiri is home to sacred groves and to a water source that is believed to heal or prevent guinea worm infestation.[1] Zongoiri was the place of refuge of Wobogo, last independent Mogho Naba of Mossi and ruler of Ouagadougou, who fled to Zongoiri in 1898 and died here in 1904.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Upper East Region » Bawku West". Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ Lipschutz, Mark R.; Rasmussen, R. Kent (1989). Dictionary of African historical biography. University of California Press. p. 249ff. ISBN 0-520-06611-1.
Categories:
- Populated places in the Upper East Region