Mankessim

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Mankessim is a major commercial and historical town in Ghana known as an important market center and traditional seat of the Fante people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mankessim canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural produce marketing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fante people ⓘ
governedBy Mfantseman Municipal Assembly ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Fante customs and traditions ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType basic schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasLandmark Mankessim market ⓘ
Nananom Pow (sacred grove and shrine) ⓘ
hasMarketFrequency daily market ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Omanhen of Mankessim (paramount chief) ⓘ
historicalEvent formation of the Fante Confederacy ⓘ
knownFor historical significance to the Fante people ⓘ
important market town ⓘ
major commercial center ⓘ
locatedIn Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Mfantseman Municipal District ⓘ
locatedInSubregion coastal belt of Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
locatedNear Cape Coast ⓘ
partOf Fante traditional area ⓘ
postalCountryCode GH ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people
regionCapitalOf Fante Confederacy (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Fante Confederacy
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
roadConnection Accra ⓘ
Cape Coast ⓘ
Takoradi ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
traditionalRole traditional seat of the Fante people ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime no ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Central Region → hasCity → Mankessim ⓘ
Fante people → historicalCapital → Mankessim ⓘ
Central Region, Ghana → contains → Mankessim ⓘ
Fante Confederacy → capital → Mankessim ⓘ
Saltpond → locatedNear → Mankessim ⓘ
Mankessim Kingdom → capital → Mankessim ⓘ