Gold Coast Colony

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former British colony historical political entity

The Gold Coast Colony was a British colonial territory in West Africa that formed the core of what later became the independent nation of Ghana.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Gold Coast colony	8
Gold Coast Colony canonical	2
Gold Coast (British colony and protectorate)	1
Gold Coast (British colony)	1
Gold Coast (historical colony)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British colony ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
borderedBy	French West Africa ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Ivory Coast Togo ⓘ surface form: Togoland Burkina Faso ⓘ surface form: Upper Volta
capital	Accra ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	British West African pound ⓘ
economyBasedOn	cocoa production ⓘ gold mining ⓘ palm oil ⓘ timber exports ⓘ
establishedBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Akan people ⓘ surface form: Akan peoples Ewe ⓘ surface form: Ewe people Ga-Adangbe peoples ⓘ surface form: Ga-Adangbe people Guan peoples ⓘ Dagomba people ⓘ surface form: Mole-Dagbani peoples
flag	Flag of the Gold Coast (colonial) ⓘ
includedTerritory	Ashanti ⓘ Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration ⓘ surface form: British Togoland Northern Territories of the Gold Coast ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ surface form: English common law
locatedIn	West Africa ⓘ
majorPort	Accra ⓘ Sekondi ⓘ Takoradi ⓘ
namedAfter	Gold Coast ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British West Africa ⓘ
politicalStatus	Crown colony ⓘ
predecessor	Gold Coast Colony self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gold Coast (British colony and protectorate)
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Traditional African religions ⓘ
successor	Dominion of Ghana ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Ghana ⓘ surface form: Republic of Ghana