Cape Coast, Ghana.

Cape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is the capital of the Central Region of Ghana. It is situated 165 km west of Accra on the Gulf of Guinea. It has a population of 82,291 (2000 census). From the 16th century the city has changed hands between the British, the Portuguese, the Swedish, the Danish and the Dutch. The city was originally known as Oguaa. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x872, 417 KB) Description: Cape Coast, Ghana. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x872, 417 KB) Description: Cape Coast, Ghana. ... The Central Region is one of Ghanas ten administrative regions. ... Accra, population 1,970,400 (2005), is the capital of Ghana. ... The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic southwest of Africa. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

History

Founded by the Portuguese in the 15th century, Cape Coast grew around Cape Coast Castle, now a World Heritage Site. It was converted to a castle by the Dutch in 1637, then expanded by the Swedes in 1652 and captured by the British in 1664. The British based their Gold Coast operations in the town until Accra became their capital in 1877.Cape Coast was also were most of the slaves were held before there journey on the Middle Passage. Cape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Pierrefonds Castle, France Castle has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning. ... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Flag of Gold Coast Map from 1896 of the British Gold Coast Colony. ... Accra, population 1,970,400 (2005), is the capital of Ghana. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The Cape Coast Slave Castle

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Attractions

The town's symbol is a crab and a statue of one lies in the city centre. Fort William, built in 1820, was an active lighthouse from 1835 to the 1970s, while Fort Victoria was built in 1702. Other attractions include the Cape Coast Centre for National Culture, the Oguaa Fetu Afahye harvest festival and, since 1992, the biennial Panafest theatre festival. Superfamilies Dromiacea Homolodromioidea Dromioidea Homoloidea Eubrachyura Raninoidea Cyclodorippoidea Dorippoidea Calappoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Hymenosomatoidea Parthenopoidea Retroplumoidea Cancroidea Portunoidea Bythograeoidea Xanthoidea Bellioidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Gecarcinucoidea Cryptochiroidea Pinnotheroidea * Ocypodoidea * Grapsoidea * An asterisk (*) marks the crabs included in the clade Thoracotremata. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... In Britain, thanks have been given for successful harvests since pagan times. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ...

Cape Coast, Ghana. View of the fishing fleet

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Education

Cape Coast is the seat of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana's leading university in teaching and research. Cape Vars, as it is popularly called, is one of the very few universities in the world that lies on a sea front, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The city also boasts of Ghana's finest secondary schools: Wesley Girls' High School, St. Augustine College, Mfantsipim, Adisadel College(ADISCO), Aggrey Memorial AME Secondary School(AGGREY), Ghana National College(GHANACOLL), Holy Child Secondary, and many more "ivy league secondary schools." PROFILE The University of Cape Coast was established in 1962 out of a dire need for highly qualified and skilled manpower in education to provide leadership and enlightenment. ... Wesley Girls’ High School is a secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Mfantsipim_School. ...

Coordinates: 5°06′N 1°15′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...