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Jakpa Palace

palace in Damongo, Ghana

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ125681530 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Ndewura Jakpa Palace is the seat of the Yagbonwura, as well as his official residence and meeting area. It is located at Damongo, the capital of the Savannah Region in Ghana.

History

One of the initial two palaces was built in the 1970s.

Architecture

The palace is of Malian architectural designs.

Renovation

In April 2024, John Mahama cut the sod for the rebuild of the palace for the overlord of the Gonjas in Ghana.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Jakpa Palace” as palace in Damongo, Ghana. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jakpa, Palace and palace.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jakpa, Palace and palace providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Jakpa Palace”, the useful work is to connect “palace in Damongo, Ghana” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q125681530. Authority coordinates are 9.085, -1.822. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2024.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Jakpa Palace primary sources, Jakpa Palace archive and Jakpa research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jakpa Palace” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.