Guan peoples

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The Guan peoples are an indigenous ethnic group of West Africa, found in parts of Ghana (including the Volta Region) and neighboring countries, known for their diverse languages and long-established farming and trading communities.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Guan peoples canonical 10
Guan people 1
Guang peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Africa
country Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d’Ivoire
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana
Togo
countryOfOrigin Ghana
culturalTrait chieftaincy institution
clan-based social organization
oral tradition
economicActivity cash-crop farming
local trade
subsistence agriculture
ethnolinguisticGroup Guan
historicalStatus among the earliest known inhabitants of present-day Ghana
languageFamily Kwa languages
languageGroup Guan languages
locatedIn West Africa
migrationPattern north-to-south migration within West Africa
recognizedAs one of the major ethnic groupings in Ghana
region Brong-Ahafo Region
Central Region
Eastern Region
Volta Region
religion Christianity
Islam
subgroup Akyode
Anum
Avatime
Awutu
Bassa
Bono-Guan communities
Buem
Chumburu
Efutu
Gonja
Krachi
Kyerepong
Larteh
Logba
Nchumuru
Nkonya
traditionalOccupation farming
trading
traditionalReligion African traditional religion

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Volta Region hasEthnicGroup Guan peoples
Ga-Dangme neighboringEthnicGroup Guan peoples
Oti Region hasEthnicGroup Guan peoples
Gold Coast Colony ethnicGroup Guan peoples
Volta Region hasEthnicMinority Guan people
subject linked to: Volta Region of Ghana
linked to: Guan peoples
Ghanaians ethnicGroupIncludes Guan peoples
Gonja partOf Guan peoples
Guang languages languageFamilyOf Guang peoples
linked to: Guan peoples
Guan languages areSpokenBy Guan peoples
Gold Coast (Ghana) hasEthnicGroup Guan peoples
Nawuri people partOf Guan peoples
Mawu people neighboringEthnicGroup Guan peoples