Western Region, Gold Coast

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Western Region, Gold Coast was a coastal administrative region in the former British colony of the Gold Coast (now Ghana), known for its rich natural resources and as the birthplace of future president Kwame Nkrumah.

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
former administrative region ⓘ
human ⓘ
administrativeType region ⓘ
birthPlace Western Region, Gold Coast ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
colonialAdministrationLanguage English ⓘ
colonialLegalSystem British colonial law ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
colonialStatus administrative region of the Gold Coast colony ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Gold Coast ⓘ
currencyUsed British West African pound ⓘ
ethnicGroups Ahanta ⓘ
Akan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Akan people

Nzema ⓘ
governingAuthority Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ
historicalCountry Gold Coast (British colony) ⓘ
linked to: Gold Coast Colony
historicalRelation predecessor of modern Western Region of Ghana ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
coastal geography ⓘ
rich natural resources ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
locatedIn Gold Coast ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Ghana ⓘ
notablePersonBornHere Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British Gold Coast colony ⓘ
linked to: British Gold Coast
politicalStatus subdivision of a British colony ⓘ
positionHeld President of Ghana ⓘ
presentDayEquivalent Western Region, Ghana ⓘ
resourceType cocoa-growing areas ⓘ
minerals ⓘ
timber ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Western Region, Ghana ⓘ
timePeriod colonial era ⓘ

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

Kwame Nkrumah → placeOfBirth → Western Region, Gold Coast ⓘ
Fort William → countryAtTimeOfConstruction → Gold Coast (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Western Region, Gold Coast
Fort Patience → locatedIn → Gold Coast (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Western Region, Gold Coast
Kwame Nkrumah → birthPlace → Western Region, Gold Coast ⓘ
subject linked to: Western Region, Gold Coast