Prestea

E577143

Prestea is a mining town in southwestern Ghana known for its significant gold deposits and long history of gold extraction.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Prestea canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mining town
town
associatedWith environmental impacts of mining
mining-related health and safety issues
connectedByRoadTo Bogoso
Tarkwa
country Ghana
countrySubdivision Western Region
economicActivity commerce
mining
governingBody Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal Assembly
hasEducationalFacility secondary schools
hasHealthFacility clinics
hospital
hasIndustry gold extraction
surface mining
underground mining
hasMiningOperation Prestea underground mine
open-pit gold mines
hasNaturalResource gold
hasSettlementType urban area
historicalSignificance long history of gold extraction
one of Ghana’s oldest gold mining centers
knownFor artisanal and small-scale mining
gold deposits
gold mining
languageSpoken Akan
English
locatedIn Western Region, Ghana
southwestern Ghana
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInGeologicalRegion Ashanti gold belt
linked to: Birimian gold belt
locatedOn Bonsa River
near Tarkwa mining area
partOf Prestea-Huni Valley District
primaryEconomicSector extractive industry
regionType gold belt
timeZone GMT
transportInfrastructure regional roads

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Western Region containsCity Prestea