Cape Coast

Cape Coast

big city, metropolitan area

Continent	Africa
Country	Ghana
Capital of	Cape Coast Metropolitan District, Central Region
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Central Region
Located in time zone	Coordinated Universal Time
Ein location	Central Region
Coordinate location	5°6′0″N 1°15′0″W
Twinned administrative body	Bonn, Buffalo, Hanover Park
Replaced by	Accra
Dema official website	http://ccma.gov.gh/

Cape Coast be sam city, fishing port, den capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District den Central Region of Ghana. Ebe one of de country ein most historic cities, sam World Heritage Site, home give de Cape Coast Castle, plus de Gulf of Guinea wey dey ein south.^[1] According to de 2010 census, Cape Coast get settlement population of 169,894 people.^[2] De language of de people of Cape Coast be Fante.^[3]

De older traditional names of de city be Oguaa den Kotokuraba (wey edey mean "River of Crabs" anaa "Village of Crabs").^[4] De Portuguese navigators João de Santarém den Pedro Escobar wey sail past Oguaa for 1471 insyd wey dem designate de place Cabo Corso (wey dey mean "short cape"), ein wey dem get de name Cape Coast from.^[4] From de 16th century go de country ein independence for 1957 insyd, de city change hands between de British, de Portuguese, de Swedish, de Danish den de Dutch. Ebe home give 32 festivals den celebrations.^[5]

1. ↑ "Cape Coast | Historic Town, Slave Trade, Castle | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
2. ↑ "2010 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Ghana Statistical Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2013.
3. ↑ "Cape Coast – Ko-Sa Beach Resort". Retrieved 12 August 2023.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Briggs, Philip (2019). Ghana (8th ed.). Bradt Travel Guides. p. 203. ISBN 9781784776282.
5. ↑ Banda, Rajaa. "11 Fascinating things to know about Ghana's Cape Coast". The Culture Trip. Retrieved 19 April 2018.