Gold Coast (British colony)
Colony of the Gold Coast | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1821–1957 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Anthem: God Save the King (1821–1837; 1901–1952) God Save the Queen (1837–1901; 1952–1957) | |||||||||||||||||
The Gold Coast in 1922 | |||||||||||||||||
| Status | British colony | ||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Cape Coast (1821–1877) Accra (1877–1957) | ||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | English (official) French, Ga, Akan, Ewe language, Dangme, Dagbani, Dagaare, Gonja, Kasena, Nzema widely spoken | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Colonial | ||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||||||||
• 1821–1830 | George IV (First) | ||||||||||||||||
• 1952–1957 | Elizabeth II (Last) | ||||||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||||||
• 1821–1822 | John Hope Smith | ||||||||||||||||
• 1949–1957 | Charles Arden-Clarke | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
• Colony established | 1821 | ||||||||||||||||
• Incorporation of the Danish Gold Coast | 1850 | ||||||||||||||||
• Incorporation of the Dutch Gold Coast | 6 April 1872 | ||||||||||||||||
• Combination with local kingdoms | 1901 | ||||||||||||||||
• Admission of British Togoland | 27 December 1916 | ||||||||||||||||
• Incorporation of British Togoland | 11 December 1956 | ||||||||||||||||
• Independence as the Dominion of Ghana | 6 March 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||
| 1924[1] | 207,199 km2 (80,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||
• 1924[1] | 2,080,208 | ||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Gold Coast ackey British West African pound | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||
The Gold Coast was a British Crown Colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The British Empire in 1924". The British Empire. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ "One-Man Policy—A Curse to West Africa", The Gold Coast Nation and National Consciousness, Routledge, pp. 54–59, 2013-09-13, doi:10.4324/9781315033044-11, ISBN 978-1-315-03304-4