Sawla is a town in the Savannah Region and the capital of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District. It has a Gonja chief, the Sawlawura, and falls within the Bole Traditional Area. Vagla tradition also claims the land through Vagla earth priests.
Sawla, capital of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District, lies on the road from Nyange towards Damongo.