Sekondi

E279688

Sekondi is a coastal city in southwestern Ghana that developed into an important commercial and transportation hub during the colonial era.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sekondi canonical 13
Fort Orange (Sekondi) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
administrativeStatus metropolitan area component ⓘ
climate tropical climate ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
developedDuring colonial era ⓘ
economicActivity services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport ⓘ
economicRole regional commercial centre ⓘ
formsMetropolisWith Takoradi ⓘ
governingBody Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
hasCoastlineType sandy beaches ⓘ
hasFacility sports stadium ⓘ
hasFootballClub Sekondi Eleven Wise FC ⓘ
Sekondi Hasaacas FC ⓘ
hasInfrastructure harbour ⓘ
railway station ⓘ
road network ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Takoradi ⓘ
hasPort Sekondi Harbour ⓘ
hasSport football ⓘ
historicalSignificance colonial port town ⓘ
isCoastalCity true ⓘ
knownFor fishing ⓘ
port activities ⓘ
railway connections ⓘ
languageSpoken Akan languages ⓘ
linked to: Akan language

English ⓘ
Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
Western Region, Ghana ⓘ
southwestern Ghana ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
mergedWith Takoradi ⓘ
nearbyFeature Takoradi Harbour ⓘ
linked to: Sekondi Harbour
partOf Sekondi-Takoradi ⓘ
linked to: Takoradi
regionCapitalOf Western Region, Ghana ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
role commercial hub ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ
timezone GMT ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ
road ⓘ
sea ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime false ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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