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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:French_West_Africa
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Togo
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Accra
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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_(1877–1957)
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gptkbp:governor
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gptkb:Frederick_Gordon_Guggisberg
gptkb:Charles_Arden-Clarke
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Gold Coast Colony
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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
palm oil
rubber
wood
cocoa
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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:notableCity
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gptkb:Kumasi
gptkb:Sekondi
gptkb:Takoradi
gptkb:Cape_Coast
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Abolition of slave trade
Independence of Ghana in 1957
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Kofi_Abrefa_Busia
gptkb:Edward_Akufo-Addo
gptkb:J._B._Danquah
Kwame Nkrumah
Joseph Casely Hayford
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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English
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gptkbp:population
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5,000,000 (approx. in 1950s)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Dutch_Gold_Coast
gptkb:Portuguese_Gold_Coast
gptkb:Danish_Gold_Coast
gptkb:Brandenburger_Gold_Coast
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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:British_Protectorate_of_the_Gold_Coast
gptkb:Governor_of_the_Gold_Coast
gptkb:Northern_Territories_of_the_Gold_Coast
gptkb:Gold_Coast_(British_Togoland)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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