Anomabu

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Anomabu is a coastal town in Ghana’s Central Region known historically as a major hub of British colonial trade and the transatlantic slave trade.

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Anomabu canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
climate tropical savanna climate
coastType sandy beach
colonialPowerActive British Empire
Kingdom of Great Britain
continent Africa
country Ghana
economicHistory center of European-African coastal trade
ethnicGroup Fante people
formerName Annamabo
linked to: Annamaboe

Annamaboe
governingDistrictCapital Saltpond
hasEducationalInstitutionType basic schools
secondary schools
hasFort Fort William, Anomabu
hasHeritageSite Fort William, Anomabu
hasTourismActivity heritage tourism
hasTourismAttraction Fort William, Anomabu
heritageDesignation part of Ghanaian coastal forts and castles
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century
historicalRole major British slave-trading port on the Gold Coast
knownFor British colonial trade
Fort William
transatlantic slave trade
languageSpoken English
Fante
linked to: Fante people
locatedIn Central Region, Ghana
locatedInAdministrative Mfantsiman Municipal District
locatedInHistoricRegion Gold Coast
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
nearestMajorCity Cape Coast
primaryEconomicActivities fishing
small-scale trading
regionType coastal town
religion Christianity
traditional Akan religion
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
tradeGoodsHistorical European manufactured goods
enslaved Africans
gold
ivory
transportConnection situated on the Accra–Cape Coast coastal road
usesDaylightSavingTime no

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