Yendi
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- For the fantasy novel by Steven Brust, see Yendi (novel)
Yendi is a town in the northeastern quadrant of Ghana in the Dagbon territory. As of 2000, it has a population of 31,633 people. Yendi is the traditional capital of the Dagbon Kingdom with the Ya Na as the Overlord. The People of Dagbon are called Dagombas or Dagbamba. The Dagombas are unique to Ghana
Yendi is primarily known for the conflict that has taken place there over the succession of the King of the Dagomba between the clans of the Abudu and the Andani. Following the brutal mass murder of a long-serving king, Ya Na Yakubu Andani and 40 others in the town in March 2002, the government at Accra imposed a curfew on Yendi and the biggest neighboring city, Tamale. The curfew has since been lifted and life has returned to normal.
[edit] Mines
In 2004, proposals surfaced to link iron ore mines in the vicinity of Yendi by rail to the seaports of Ghana at Tema and Takoradi. [1]
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