Gold Coast (historically)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:French_Togoland
Upper Volta
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Accra
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Brandenburg-Prussia
gptkbp:currency gptkb:British_West_African_pound
gptkbp:dissolved 1957
gptkbp:establishedIn 1821
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Akan
gptkb:Ewe
gptkb:Ga-Adangbe
gptkbp:exportedTo gptkb:gold
wood
bauxite
cocoa
manganese
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Governor_of_the_Gold_Coast
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gold Coast (historically)
gptkbp:independenceDate 6 March 1957
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Kumasi
gptkb:Sekondi-Takoradi
gptkb:Cape_Coast
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Ghana
gptkbp:namedFor gold resources
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Anglo-Ashanti_wars
gptkb:Formation_of_the_Convention_People's_Party
gptkb:Formation_of_the_United_Gold_Coast_Convention
Abolition of slavery
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Fort_James
gptkb:Fort_Amsterdam
gptkb:Fort_Christiansborg
Cape Coast Castle
Elmina Castle
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_West_Africa
gptkbp:population about 5 million (1950s)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ghana
gptkbp:primeMinister Kwame Nkrumah
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_King's_Counsel
gptkb:Defaced_Blue_Ensign
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7