Anomabu

E499747

Anomabu is a coastal town in Ghana’s Central Region known historically as a major hub of British colonial trade and the transatlantic slave trade.

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Anomabu canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coastType sandy beach ⓘ
colonialPowerActive British Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
economicHistory center of European-African coastal trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fante people ⓘ
formerName Annamabo ⓘ
linked to: Annamaboe

Annamaboe ⓘ
governingDistrictCapital Saltpond ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType basic schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasFort Fort William, Anomabu ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Fort William, Anomabu ⓘ
hasTourismActivity heritage tourism ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction Fort William, Anomabu ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of Ghanaian coastal forts and castles ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century ⓘ
historicalRole major British slave-trading port on the Gold Coast ⓘ
knownFor British colonial trade ⓘ
Fort William ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people
locatedIn Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
locatedInAdministrative Mfantsiman Municipal District ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion Gold Coast ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Cape Coast ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities fishing ⓘ
small-scale trading ⓘ
regionType coastal town ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Akan religion ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
tradeGoodsHistorical European manufactured goods ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
gold ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
transportConnection situated on the Accra–Cape Coast coastal road ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime no ⓘ

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