Western Region, Gold Coast

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coastal region former administrative region human

Western Region, Gold Coast was a coastal administrative region in the former British colony of the Gold Coast (now Ghana), known for its rich natural resources and as the birthplace of future president Kwame Nkrumah.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gold Coast (historical region) 2
Western Region, Gold Coast canonical 2

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
former administrative region ⓘ
human ⓘ
administrativeType region ⓘ
birthPlace Western Region, Gold Coast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
colonialAdministrationLanguage English ⓘ
colonialLegalSystem British Empire legal system ⓘ
surface form: British colonial law
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
colonialStatus administrative region of the Gold Coast colony ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Gold Coast ⓘ
currencyUsed British West African pound ⓘ
ethnicGroups Ahanta ⓘ
Akan people ⓘ
surface form: Akan peoples

Nzema ⓘ
governingAuthority Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ
historicalCountry Gold Coast Colony ⓘ
surface form: Gold Coast (British colony)
historicalRelation predecessor of modern Western Region of Ghana ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
coastal geography ⓘ
rich natural resources ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
locatedIn Gold Coast ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Ghana ⓘ
notablePersonBornHere Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British Gold Coast ⓘ
surface form: British Gold Coast colony
politicalStatus subdivision of a British colony ⓘ
positionHeld President of Ghana ⓘ
presentDayEquivalent Western Region of Ghana ⓘ
surface form: Western Region, Ghana
resourceType cocoa-growing areas ⓘ
minerals ⓘ
timber ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Western Region (Ghana) ⓘ
surface form: Western Region, Ghana
timePeriod colonial era ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Kwame Nkrumah → placeOfBirth → Western Region, Gold Coast ⓘ
Fort William → countryAtTimeOfConstruction → Western Region, Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gold Coast (historical region)
Fort Patience → locatedIn → Western Region, Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gold Coast (historical region)
Western Region, Gold Coast → birthPlace → Western Region, Gold Coast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kwame Nkrumah