Gold Coast (British colony)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area 238,533 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:French_West_Africa
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Togo
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Accra
gptkbp:colonialStatus British colony
gptkbp:currency gptkb:British_West_African_pound
gptkbp:dissolved 1957
gptkbp:established 1821
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_(1877–1957)
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Frederick_Gordon_Guggisberg
gptkb:William_Brandford_Griffith
gptkb:Charles_Arden-Clarke
gptkbp:hasIndigenousPeoples gptkb:Akan
gptkb:Ewe
gptkb:Ga-Adangbe
Mole-Dagbani
gptkbp:hasSchool gptkb:Wesley_Girls'_High_School
gptkb:Mfantsipim_School
gptkb:Presbyterian_Boys'_Secondary_School
gptkb:Achimota_School
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gold Coast (British colony)
gptkbp:independenceDate gptkb:Ghana
gptkbp:judicialBranch Supreme Court of the Gold Coast
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Council_of_the_Gold_Coast
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:gold
palm oil
wood
cocoa
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:British_Togoland
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Accra_riots_(1948)
formation of United Gold Coast Convention
introduction of cocoa cultivation
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Emmanuel_Obetsebi-Lamptey
gptkb:Joseph_Boakye_Danquah
gptkb:William_Ofori_Atta
gptkb:Edward_Akufo-Addo
gptkb:J._B._Danquah
Kwame Nkrumah
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_West_Africa
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Gold_Coast_(region)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ghana
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_(1877–1957)
gptkb:Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7