Obuasi
E567727
Obuasi is a major Ghanaian mining town renowned for its large gold deposits and historic gold mine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obuasi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6007322 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Obuasi Context triple: [Ashanti Region, hasMajorCity, Obuasi]
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A.
Odukpani
Odukpani is a local government area in southeastern Nigeria known for its diverse ethnic communities and proximity to the state capital, Calabar, in Cross River State.
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B.
Kumasi
Kumasi is a major city in southern Ghana, known as the historic capital of the Ashanti Kingdom and a key cultural and commercial center in West Africa.
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C.
Winneba, Ghana
Winneba, Ghana is a coastal town in the Central Region of Ghana known for its fishing industry, Aboakyer festival, and the University of Education, Winneba.
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D.
Takoradi
Takoradi is a coastal city in southwestern Ghana that developed into a key commercial and industrial hub, particularly known for its deep-water seaport and role in regional trade.
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E.
Denkyira
Denkyira was a powerful pre-colonial Akan state in what is now Ghana, known for its early dominance over neighboring states before being defeated and eclipsed by the rising Ashanti Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Obuasi Target entity description: Obuasi is a major Ghanaian mining town renowned for its large gold deposits and historic gold mine.
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A.
Odukpani
Odukpani is a local government area in southeastern Nigeria known for its diverse ethnic communities and proximity to the state capital, Calabar, in Cross River State.
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B.
Kumasi
Kumasi is a major city in southern Ghana, known as the historic capital of the Ashanti Kingdom and a key cultural and commercial center in West Africa.
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C.
Winneba, Ghana
Winneba, Ghana is a coastal town in the Central Region of Ghana known for its fishing industry, Aboakyer festival, and the University of Education, Winneba.
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D.
Takoradi
Takoradi is a coastal city in southwestern Ghana that developed into a key commercial and industrial hub, particularly known for its deep-water seaport and role in regional trade.
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E.
Denkyira
Denkyira was a powerful pre-colonial Akan state in what is now Ghana, known for its early dominance over neighboring states before being defeated and eclipsed by the rising Ashanti Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
football club
ⓘ
gold mine ⓘ mining town ⓘ town ⓘ underground mine ⓘ |
| basedIn | Obuasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Ghana
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ |
| distanceFromKumasi | about 60 kilometers ⓘ |
| governedBy | Municipal Chief Executive ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
artisanal mining
ⓘ
small-scale gold trading ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Ashanti people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFootballClub | Ashanti Gold SC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
gold extraction
ⓘ
mining industry ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
hospital
ⓘ
market ⓘ road connection to Kumasi ⓘ secondary schools ⓘ |
| hasMine | Obuasi Gold Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Bekwai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kumasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNoDaylightSavingTime | true ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodeType | Ghana Post GPS address system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResource | gold ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | urban area ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
bus services
ⓘ
regional road network ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important center in Ashanti gold trade
ⓘ
one of the oldest gold mining sites in Ghana ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Obuasi Gold Mine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ high-grade gold ore ⓘ large gold deposits ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Twi ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ashanti Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Obuasi NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn | railway line between Kumasi and Sekondi ⓘ |
| operatedBy | AngloGold Ashanti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Obuasi Municipal District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCapitalOf | Obuasi Municipal District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Obuasi Description of subject: Obuasi is a major Ghanaian mining town renowned for its large gold deposits and historic gold mine.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.