Kulungugu ƙaramin gari ne a yankin Gabashin Gabashin Ghana kuma ƙaramin mashigar shiga a kan iyakar Burkina Faso da gundumar Bawku ta Ghana. Kulungungu ya ɗauki sunansa daga itacen kapok wanda waɗanda suka kafa shi suka kira "gung" a cikin harshen Kusasi. Wannan itacen yana kusa da kogi da suka kira shi "kul gung" a cikin harshen kusaasi kuma wannan ya lalace zuwa Kulungungu. An san Kulungugu a matsayin inda aka kai harin bam na Kulungugu, wani yunƙurin da bai yi nasara ba na kisan shugaban Ghana na farko, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. "Kulungugu Bombsite | DearGhana". Retrieved 2015-06-02. "Nkrumah Wept By My bedside – Kulungugu bombing victim – Daily Guide Ghana". www.dailyguideghana.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-02. "Who Actually Tried To Kill Nkrumah At Kulungugu?". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2015-06-02. "August 1, 1962: Nkrumah is injured by an attempt on his life from a bomb in Kulungugu". Edward A. Ulzen Memorial Foundation (in Turanci). Retrieved 2020-08-10.