British Gold Coast

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colonial territory former British colony historical political entity

The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial territory ⓘ
former British colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
capital Accra ⓘ
colonialGovernorTitle Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
colonialStatus Crown colony ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency British West African pound ⓘ
dateOfIndependence 6 March 1957 ⓘ
economyBasedOn cocoa exports ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
palm oil trade ⓘ
timber exports ⓘ
endDate 1957 ⓘ
followedBy Ghana ⓘ
governmentType British colonial administration ⓘ
hadConstitutionalReform 1946 Burns Constitution ⓘ
1951 Constitution ⓘ
1954 Constitution ⓘ
hadLegislativeBody Legislative Council of the Gold Coast ⓘ
includedTerritory Ashanti ⓘ
Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration ⓘ
surface form: British Togoland

Gold Coast Colony ⓘ
Northern Territories of the Gold Coast ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceResultedIn creation of Ghana ⓘ
knownFor cocoa production ⓘ
gold resources ⓘ
role in Atlantic trade networks ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
present-day Ghana ⓘ
majorPort Accra ⓘ
Sekondi ⓘ
Takoradi ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Gold Coast ⓘ
surface form: Brandenburger Gold Coast

Danish Gold Coast ⓘ
Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
Portuguese Gold Coast ⓘ
Prussian Gold Coast ⓘ
replacedBy Ghana ⓘ
significantCity Accra ⓘ
Cape Coast ⓘ
Kumasi ⓘ
significantLeader Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
significantMovement Gold Coast independence movement ⓘ
significantPoliticalParty Convention People’s Party ⓘ
startDate 1821 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Elmina Castle → partOf → British Gold Coast ⓘ
Danish colonial empire → successor → British Gold Coast ⓘ
Dutch Gold Coast → successor → British Gold Coast ⓘ