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gptkbp:instanceOf
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British colony
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gptkbp:area
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238,533 km²
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:French_Togoland
Upper Volta
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Accra
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gptkbp:colonialStatus
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British colony
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gptkbp:colonizedBy
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:controlledBy
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gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Brandenburg-Prussia
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:British_West_African_pound
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1957
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gptkbp:established
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1821
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gptkbp:ethnicGroup
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gptkb:Akan
gptkb:Ewe
gptkb:Ga-Adangbe
Mole-Dagbani
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast
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gptkbp:governedBy
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gptkb:Governor_of_the_Gold_Coast
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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first sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Gold Coast, Ghana
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:West_Africa
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gptkbp:mainExports
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gptkb:gold
wood
bauxite
cocoa
manganese
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:Ashanti
gptkb:British_Togoland
gptkb:Northern_Territories_of_the_Gold_Coast
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Gold_Coast_(region)
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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independence from Britain in 1957
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gptkbp:notableLeader
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gptkb:Sir_Charles_Arden-Clarke
Kwame Nkrumah
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gptkbp:notableSite
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gptkb:Fort_James
gptkb:Fort_Amsterdam
gptkb:Fort_Christiansborg
Cape Coast Castle
Elmina Castle
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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English
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gptkbp:population
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about 5 million (1957)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Ghana
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Ghana
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:University_College_of_the_Gold_Coast
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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