Nyankpala

Nyankpala is a town in the Tolon-Kumbungu District, about 10 miles south-west of Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region in north Ghana. The University for Development Studies has a campus located in Nyankpala. This campus is the first of the University's four campuses, the first to be established in northern Ghana. Nyankpala is the hub for some important Government Institutions including the headquarters of Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, an on-farm station of the Animal Research Institute, onfarm station of the Soil Research Institute. The Avnash rice industry has a plant located in the town. This research institutes has been visited occasionally by students and academics who are on educational tour.

Nyankpala is a home to some public Junior High Schools. The first that was established is the Nyankpala District Assembly Junior High School.