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Cape Coast, Oguaa
City of Cape Coast | |
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City | |
 1st top-left image; Arch bridge and Harbour view from Elmina Castle in Cape Coast • 2nd bottom-left image; City hall of Cape Coast • 1st top-right image; Shores of Cape Coast • 2nd bottom-right image; Balcony of Cape Coast Castle. | |
  Cape Coast  Cape Coast | |
| Coordinates: 05°06′N 01°15′W / 5.100°N 1.250°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Admin. Region | Central Region |
| District | Cape Coast Metropolitan |
| Founded | 1482 |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 169,894[1] |
| Demonym | Cape Coaster |
| Time zone | GMT |
| Postcode district | |
| Area code | 033 |
| Website | http://ccma.gov.gh/ |
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Cape Coast is a city, a fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District in the Central Region of Ghana. It is one of the country's most historic cities, a World Heritage Site, and home to the Cape Coast Castle, with the Gulf of Guinea situated to its south.[2] It was also the first capital of Ghana. According to the 2021 census, Cape Coast had a settlement population of 189,925 people.[3][4] The language of the people of Cape Coast is Fante.[5][6]
The older traditional names of the city are Oguaa and Kotokuraba (meaning "River of Crabs" or "Village of Crabs").[7] The Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar who sailed past Oguaa in 1471 designated the place Cabo Corso (meaning "short cape"), from which the name Cape Coast derives.[7] From the 16th century to the country's independence in 1957, the city changed hands between the British, the Portuguese, the Swedish, the Danish and the Dutch. It is home to 32 festivals and celebrations.[8]
- ^ "2010 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Ghana Statistical Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Cape Coast | Historic Town, Slave Trade, Castle | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "About - Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly". ccma.gov.gh. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Cape Coast Metropolitan (Metropolitan District, Ghana) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Cape Coast – Ko-Sa Beach Resort". Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "The irritating sounds of 'by force Twi' by some Fantes on Cape Coast radio".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Briggs, Philip (2019). Ghana (8th ed.). Bradt Travel Guides. p. 203. ISBN 9781784776282.
- ^ Banda, Rajaa. "11 Fascinating things to know about Ghana's Cape Coast". The Culture Trip. Retrieved 19 April 2018.