Sang is a town between Tamale and Yendi and the capital of Mion District, Northern Region. In the history of Gonja–Dagbon relations it is remembered as the place near Yendi where Ya Na Zangina of Dagbon defeated the Gonja and killed their chief Kumpatia, ending Gonja attacks on Dagbon.
Gonja expansion eastward into Dagbon ended when Ya Na Zangina defeated the Gonja at Sang, near Yendi.