 this is a list of rulers of gonja, a kingdom located in the north of ghana. (dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) {| border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse" |- align=left ! width="18%"|tenure ! width="30%"|incumbent ! width="20%"|notes |- valign=top |c.1600||colspan="2"|invasion by ngbanya clan, from songhay in mali |- valign=top |1675 ||colspan="2"|establishment of gonja paramount ruler yagbongwura |- valign=top |colspan="3"|yagbongwura (paramount rulers) |- valign=top |colspan="3"|ngbanya dynasty |- valign=top |1675 to 1698||sumaila ndewura jakpa, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1698 to 1698||limu, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1698 to 1709||sulemana jakpa||in rebellion |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1698 to 1698||lanyon, regent|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1698 to 1699||lanyon, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1699 to february 1709||abbas|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |february 1709 to 25 may 1709||abbas, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1709 to 1712||mahama labayiru, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1712 to ????||bur' lanyon, regent|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |???? to ????||kankanga, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |???? to ????||safu, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |???? to ????||kali, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |???? to 1858||jakpa, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1858 to 1873||nyantachi, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1873 to 18??||jiau, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |18?? to 18??||kpirku, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |18?? to 1891||kurbang, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1891 to 1896||interregnum|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1896 to 1907||pontomprong, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1907 to 1909||lanyon, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1909 to 1912||interregnum|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1912 to 1937||dangbonga, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1937 to 1942||banbanga, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1942 to 1942||singbing lanyon, yagbongwura|| |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |1942 to 1975|
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