Central Region, Ghana

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Central Region, Ghana is a coastal administrative region of Ghana known for its historic forts and castles, including several UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region of Ghana ⓘ
borders Ashanti Region ⓘ
Eastern Region, Ghana ⓘ
Greater Accra Region ⓘ
Western Region, Ghana ⓘ
capital Cape Coast ⓘ
contains Abura-Dunkwa ⓘ
Agona Swedru ⓘ
Anomabu ⓘ
Assin Fosu ⓘ
Assin Manso ⓘ
Cape Coast Castle ⓘ
Elmina Castle ⓘ
Fort Amsterdam, Abandze ⓘ
linked to: Fort Amsterdam

Fort St Jago ⓘ
linked to: Fort St. Jago

Fort William, Anomabu ⓘ
Kakum National Park ⓘ
Kasoa ⓘ
Komenda ⓘ
Mankessim ⓘ
Saltpond ⓘ
Twifo Praso ⓘ
University of Cape Coast ⓘ
Winneba ⓘ
linked to: Winneba, Ghana
country Ghana ⓘ
economicActivity cocoa farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution University of Education, Winneba ⓘ
hasNickname The Tourism Capital of Ghana ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction canopy walkway at Kakum National Park ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ
historicalRole center of European colonial trade on the Gold Coast ⓘ
major departure point in the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
knownFor UNESCO World Heritage Sites ⓘ
historic forts and castles ⓘ
role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
largestCity Cape Coast ⓘ
locatedIn southern Ghana ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Akan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Akan people

Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people
observesDaylightSavingTime no ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ

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St. George’s Castle → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Benya Lagoon → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Cape Coast Castle → locatedInRegion → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Fort William, Anomabu → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions → locatedIn → Central Region (Ghana) ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Akan language → spokenIn → Central Region of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Fante people → primaryRegion → Central Region of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Kasoa → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Cape Coast → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Cape Coast → administrativeCapitalOf → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Fort St. Jago → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Fort Amsterdam → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Elmina → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Fort Victoria (Cape Coast) → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Fort Nassau → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Elmina township → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Fante language → hasRegion → Central Region of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Fante Confederacy → region → Central Region of present-day Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Denkyira → modernSuccessorTerritory → Central Region of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Omanhene → titleUsedIn → Central Region of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Ashanti people → region → Central Region of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Winneba → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Winneba, Ghana
Benya River → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Cabo Corso Castle → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Anomabu → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Western Region (Ghana) → borders → Central Region (Ghana) ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Mankessim → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Assin Foso → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Assin Foso → partOf → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Saltpond → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Swedru → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Kakum National Park → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Assin Manso Slave River → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Mfantsipim School → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Cape Coast Technical University → region → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Adisadel College → region → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Anomabo → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Komenda → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Oguaa Fetu Afahye → region → Central Region of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Aboakyer festival → region → Central Region of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Central Region, Ghana
Wasa people → ethnicGroupIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Buduburam → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Cape Coast Peninsula → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Abandze → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: village of Abandze
Fort Cormantin → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Bakatue Festival → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
Fort Coenraadsburg → locatedIn → Central Region, Ghana ⓘ