Sekondi

E279688
city human settlement

Sekondi is a coastal city in southwestern Ghana that developed into an important commercial and transportation hub during the colonial era.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sekondi canonical 3
Fort Orange (Sekondi) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
administrativeStatus metropolitan area component ⓘ
climate tropical climate ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
developedDuring colonial era ⓘ
economicActivity services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport ⓘ
economicRole regional commercial centre ⓘ
formsMetropolisWith Takoradi ⓘ
governingBody Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
hasCoastlineType sandy beaches ⓘ
hasFacility sports stadium ⓘ
hasFootballClub Sekondi Eleven Wise FC ⓘ
Sekondi Hasaacas FC ⓘ
hasInfrastructure harbour ⓘ
railway station ⓘ
road network ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Takoradi ⓘ
hasPort Sekondi Harbour ⓘ
hasSport football ⓘ
historicalSignificance colonial port town ⓘ
isCoastalCity true ⓘ
knownFor fishing ⓘ
port activities ⓘ
railway connections ⓘ
languageSpoken Akan language ⓘ
surface form: Akan languages

English ⓘ
Fante people ⓘ
surface form: Fante
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
Western Region (Ghana) ⓘ
surface form: Western Region, Ghana

southwestern Ghana ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
mergedWith Takoradi ⓘ
nearbyFeature Sekondi Harbour ⓘ
surface form: Takoradi Harbour
partOf Takoradi ⓘ
surface form: Sekondi-Takoradi
regionCapitalOf Western Region (Ghana) ⓘ
surface form: Western Region, Ghana
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
role commercial hub ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ
timezone GMT ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ
road ⓘ
sea ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime false ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

British Gold Coast → majorPort → Sekondi ⓘ
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions → hasPart → Sekondi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Orange (Sekondi)
Gold Coast Colony → majorPort → Sekondi ⓘ
Takoradi → isTwinCityWith → Sekondi ⓘ