Anomabu

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Anomabu is a coastal town in Ghana’s Central Region known historically as a major hub of British colonial trade and the transatlantic slave trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
climate tropical savanna climate
coastType sandy beach
colonialPowerActive British Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Ghana
economicHistory center of European-African coastal trade
ethnicGroup Fante people NERFINISHED
formerName Annamabo NERFINISHED
Annamaboe NERFINISHED
governingDistrictCapital Saltpond NERFINISHED
hasEducationalInstitutionType basic schools
secondary schools
hasFort Fort William, Anomabu NERFINISHED
hasHeritageSite Fort William, Anomabu NERFINISHED
hasTourismActivity heritage tourism
hasTourismAttraction Fort William, Anomabu NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation part of Ghanaian coastal forts and castles
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century
historicalRole major British slave-trading port on the Gold Coast
knownFor British colonial trade
Fort William NERFINISHED
transatlantic slave trade
languageSpoken English
Fante NERFINISHED
locatedIn Central Region, Ghana NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrative Mfantsiman Municipal District NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricRegion Gold Coast NERFINISHED
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED
nearestMajorCity Cape Coast NERFINISHED
primaryEconomicActivities fishing
small-scale trading
regionType coastal town
religion Christianity
traditional Akan religion
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
tradeGoodsHistorical European manufactured goods
enslaved Africans
gold
ivory
transportConnection situated on the Accra–Cape Coast coastal road
usesDaylightSavingTime no

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