Nalerigu is the largest town in the East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly in the North East Region of

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Ghana Districts - East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly
/ref> as well as the traditional capital of the

Mamprusi people Mamprusis are an ethnic group in northern Ghana and Togo. Estimates are that there are about 200,000 Mamprusis living in the Northern Regions of Ghana as of 2013, They speak Mampruli, one of the Gur languages. In Ghana, the Mamprusis live mainl ...

, the seat of the

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, the NaYiri. Nalerigu is also the capital of the North East Region of Ghana. File:A pillar that used to hold the Naa Jeringa wall in Nalerigu.jpg, A pillar that used to hold the Naa Jeringa wall in Nalerigu File:Naa Jeringa wall 01.jpg, Naa Jeringa wall File:An old church at Nalerigu.jpg, An old church at Nalerigu It is also the location of a private hospital, the Baptist Medical Centre,Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu
/ref> the college of Health Sciences and the Nalerigu Secondary School (NASS). The school is a

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institution.

Tourism and Attractions

* Gambaga Escarpment * Doves Caves (Ŋmana Feeri) * NaYiri Palace * NaJeringa Wall

References

Populated places in the North East Region (Ghana) {{NorthEastRegionGH-geo-stub