Cape Coast

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city human settlement tourist destination

Cape Coast is a historic coastal city in southern Ghana known for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its well-preserved colonial-era castle.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Cape Coast canonical 21
Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly 1
Cape Coast city centre 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
administrativeCapitalOf Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
climateType tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countryCapitalType regional capital ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 150 km west of Accra ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fante people ⓘ
formerColonialPower Denmark–Norway ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
governingBody Cape Coast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly
hasFortOrCastle Cape Coast Castle ⓘ
Fort Victoria (Cape Coast) ⓘ
surface form: Fort Victoria, Cape Coast

Fort William (Cape Coast) ⓘ
surface form: Fort William, Cape Coast
hasSecondaryEducationInstitution Adisadel College ⓘ
Mfantsipim School ⓘ
Wesley Girls High School ⓘ
surface form: Wesley Girls' High School
hasUNESCOStatus Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
surface form: Cape Coast Castle is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions"
hasUniversity University of Cape Coast ⓘ
historicalPeriodSignificance European colonial era in West Africa ⓘ
historicalRole important British administrative center on the Gold Coast ⓘ
isCoastalCity true ⓘ
knownFor Cape Coast Castle ⓘ
colonial-era architecture ⓘ
historic forts and castles ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Fante ⓘ
locatedIn Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
locatedOn Cape Coast Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
locatedOnOcean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime false ⓘ
partOf Gold Coast Colony ⓘ
surface form: Gold Coast (historical colony)
primaryEconomicActivities education services ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
region southern Ghana ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
roleInHistory major center of the trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
tourismAttraction Cape Coast Castle ⓘ
nearby Kakum National Park ⓘ
transportFacility Cape Coast bus and road connections to Accra and Takoradi ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Gold Coast → hasPort → Cape Coast ⓘ
Gold Coast → capitalDuringBritishRule → Cape Coast ⓘ
British Gold Coast → significantCity → Cape Coast ⓘ
Benya Lagoon → locatedNear → Cape Coast ⓘ
Cape Coast Castle → location → Cape Coast ⓘ
Cape Coast Castle → nearbyCity → Cape Coast ⓘ
Fort William, Anomabu → locatedNear → Cape Coast ⓘ
Central Region → capital → Cape Coast ⓘ
Central Region → largestCity → Cape Coast ⓘ
Central Region → hasCity → Cape Coast ⓘ
Fante people → majorTown → Cape Coast ⓘ
Cape Coast → governingBody → Cape Coast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly
Elmina → near → Cape Coast ⓘ
Joe de Graft → placeOfBirth → Cape Coast ⓘ
Central Region, Ghana → capital → Cape Coast ⓘ
Central Region, Ghana → largestCity → Cape Coast ⓘ
Fort Victoria (Cape Coast) → locatedIn → Cape Coast ⓘ
Fort William (Cape Coast) → locatedIn → Cape Coast ⓘ
Fort William (Cape Coast) → locatedNear → Cape Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Coast city centre
Fort William (Cape Coast) → viewOver → Cape Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Coast harbour
Elmina township → locatedWestOf → Cape Coast ⓘ
Cape Coast Sports Stadium → locatedIn → Cape Coast ⓘ
Cape Coast Sports Stadium → cityServed → Cape Coast ⓘ
Fante Confederacy → hasPart → Cape Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Coast state
Anglo-Ashanti Wars → significantPlace → Cape Coast ⓘ