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Jaagbo Sacred Grove
Tolon-Kumbungu district, Northern Region (~30 km from Tamale)
Ghana
Active (restoration & ecotourism)
Single grove
- Location
- Tolon-Kumbungu district, Northern Region (~30 km from Tamale)
- Coordinates
- ~9.43°N 1.06°W
- Elevation
- Guinea savanna
- Size
- ~25 acres (~10 ha) + buffer
- Age / Founded
- Since ~15th century (post-epidemic dedication)
- Status
- Active (restoration & ecotourism)
- Deity & Religion
- Jaagbo twin gods (manifest as leopard, crocodile or python); Dagomba traditional religion
- Community & Guardians
- Tolon (Dagomba) community
- Vernacular name
- Sacred grove (twin-god shrine)
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Consulted for childbearing, healing & rain; taboo on killing leopard/crocodile/python
Plant species
~360% more plant species than outside lands; ~60% used as medicine
Biome & fauna
Guinea savanna woodland; many birds, reptiles, rodents
Threats & protection
Taboo-protected; land-restoration project (GRÓ-LRT); ecotourism
Source
Sacred Land — Jachie & Jaagbo Groves; 'Sacred groves as potential ecotourism sites at Tolon and Diare'