Saltpond

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Saltpond is a coastal town in Ghana known historically as a trading center and for its role in the country’s early political and educational development.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saltpond canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeStatus municipal capital ⓘ
climate tropical coastal climate ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countryIndependenceContext associated with early nationalist political activity in the Gold Coast ⓘ
formerNameOfCountryContext Gold Coast (former name of Ghana) ⓘ
linked to: Gold Coast (Ghana)
governedBy Mfantsiman Municipal Assembly ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution basic schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasFeature coastal shoreline ⓘ
fishing activities ⓘ
local markets ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitution Christian churches ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
historicalRole coastal trading post in the Gold Coast period ⓘ
important market town during colonial era ⓘ
knownFor historical trading center ⓘ
role in Ghana’s early educational development ⓘ
role in Ghana’s early political development ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people
locatedIn Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedNear Cape Coast ⓘ
Mankessim ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
partOf Mfantsiman Municipal District ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Mfantsiman Municipal District ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
transportConnection served by coastal highway in Central Region ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime no ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Central Region → hasCity → Saltpond ⓘ
Fante people → majorTown → Saltpond ⓘ
Abandze → locatedNear → Saltpond ⓘ
subject linked to: village of Abandze
Fort Cormantin → locatedNear → Saltpond ⓘ