Northern Territories of the Gold Coast

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The Northern Territories of the Gold Coast were a British colonial protectorate in West Africa that later became part of modern-day Ghana.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Northern Territories of the Gold Coast canonical 4

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British protectorate
former colony
historical political entity
administeredAs separate protectorate
administeredFrom Accra
borderedBy French West Africa
Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration
surface form: German Togoland
capital Tamale
colonialLanguage English
colonialPower United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
endCause independence of Ghana
endDate 1957
establishedBy UK government
surface form: British government
historicalRegion Northern Region of Ghana
surface form: Northern Ghana
integratedAdministrativelyWith Gold Coast Colony
surface form: Gold Coast colony
legalStatus British protectorate
locatedIn West Africa
mergedInto Gold Coast Colony
surface form: Gold Coast colony
nowPartOf Ghana
partOf British Empire
British West Africa
surface form: British West African territories

Gold Coast Colony
surface form: Gold Coast colony
presentDayLocation northern Ghana
protectorateOf United Kingdom
startDate 1901
successor Ghana
Northern Region of Ghana
Upper East Region of Ghana
Upper West Region of Ghana

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Referenced by (4)

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

Gold Coast unifiedWith Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
British Gold Coast includedTerritory Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
British West Africa includes Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
Gold Coast Colony includedTerritory Northern Territories of the Gold Coast