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Elmina

Elmina (Fante: Edina) is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the Central Region.: 1 It is situated on a bay on the Atlantic Ocean, 12.2 km (7.6 mi) west of Cape Coast. Elmina was the first European settlement in West Africa and it has a population of 33,576 people, as of 2013. The current…

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Area code
033
Climate
Aw
Country
Ghana
District
Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District
Elevation
10 m (33 ft)
Postal district
CK

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Elmina

Nodes106
Edges105
Triples179
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018868
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 32
Elmina → Adjaye, African, Africans, Americas, April, Brill, Charles Francis Hutchison, Diffie, Doortmont, Foundations, Gold Coast Colony, History, ISBN, Konadu, Kwasi, Leiden, Little Europe, Malyn, Michel, Minnesota Press
related to Colonization era · 20
Elmina → Alcáçovas, Battle, Castilian, Castilian Succession, Catholic Monarchs, Dutch Gold Coast, Eguafo, European, Ghana, Gold Coast, Guinea, In, Many, Portuguese, Portuguese Gold Coast, The, This, Treaty, War, West African
related to Culture · 19
Elmina → Bakatue, Bakatue Festival, Bronya, Central Region, Christmas, Dutch, Europeans, Ghana, Ghanaian, It, January, July, Lagoon, Nana Benya's, Portuguese, The, The Edina Bronya Festival, Thursday, Tuesday
related to Climate · 13
Elmina → April, Benguela Current, December, February, Ghana, July, June, Köppen Aw, Like, November, September, Typically, West African
related to Early settlement · 12
Elmina → After, Anomansa, Anomee, Based, Benya Lagoon, Edina, Eguafo, He, It, Kwaa Amankwaa, M'enya, The
related to Fishing · 10
Elmina → About, Although, Elmina Fishing Harbour, Ghana, Ghana's, In August, It, May, Sekondi, Tema
related to Municipality area · 10
Elmina → Cape Coast, Cape Coast Metropolitan, Guinea, Gulf, Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal, Mpohor, The, Twifo/Hemang/Lower Denkyira District, Wassa East District, Western Region
related to Etymology · 9
Elmina → Anomansah, Benya, Elmina Castle, It, Mina, Portuguese, Prior, São Jorge, The
related to Further reading · 8
Elmina → Africans, An, Christopher, DeCorse, Europeans, Gold Coast, ISBN, Smithsonian Institution Press
related to Tourism · 7
Elmina → CEDECOM, Central Region Development Commission, Due, Elmina Castle, Fort Coenraadsburg, The, Tourism

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portuguese coast ghana town castle dutch eguafo region fishing gold west people edina trade first isbn african settlement south cape

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ElminaArea code0331.00infobox
ElminaClimateAw1.00infobox
ElminaCountryGhana1.00infobox
ElminaDistrictKomenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District1.00infobox
ElminaElevation10 m (33 ft)1.00infobox
ElminaPostal districtCK1.00infobox
ElminaRegionCentral Region1.00infobox
ElminaTime zoneGMT1.00infobox
ElminaWebsitekeeama.gov.gh1.00infobox
Elmina• Municipal chiefHon. Solomon Ebo Appiah1.00infobox
Elmina• ReligionsChristianity1.00infobox
Elmina• ReligionsIslam1.00infobox
Elmina• Religionstraditional African religions1.00infobox
Elmina• Summer (DST)GMT1.00infobox
Elmina• Total33,5761.00infobox

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