Gold Coast (region)

Na de Gold Coast be de name for a region on de Gulf of Guinea insyd West Africa wey na e be rich insyd gold, petroleum, sweet crude oil den natural gas. Dis former region now be known as de country Ghana.

 Etymology den position 
Na dem name de Gold Coast, Slave Coast, Pepper Coast (anaa Grain Coast) den Ivory Coast after de main export resources dem find der, respectively.

Na early uses of de term Gold Coast refer strictly to de coast wey e no be de interior. Na e no be til de 19th century wey na de term cam make e refer to areas wey be far from de coast.

Na de Gold Coast dey to de east of de Ivory Coast den to de west of de Slave Coast.

 Territorial entities 
Na Gold Coast region territorial entities be:

 Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
 Dutch Gold Coast (Dutch, 1598–1872)
 Swedish Gold Coast (Swedes, 1650–1658; 1660–1663)
 Couronian Gold Coast (Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, 1651–1661)
 Danish Gold Coast (Denmark-Norway, 1658–1850)
 Brandenburger Gold Coast and Prussian Gold Coast (Germans, 1682–1721)
 British Gold Coast (English, 1821–1957)
Ghana be de legal name give de region dem loosely refer to as de Gold Coast wey dey comprise de following four separate parts, wich na immediately before independence get distinct constitutional positions:

 de Gold Coast Crown Colony;
 de Ashanti Crown Colony;
 de Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Protectorate; den
 de Trust Territory of Togoland (under British administration).

Na de United Kingdom government be responsible for make e dey shepherd thru de Ghana Independence Act 1957 plus Charles Arden-Clarke. Na Lord Listowel explain dat na dem choose de name "in accordance plus de wishes of de Gold Coastian population".Lord John Hope, The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (11 December 1956). "Ghana Independence Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 562. United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 229–326. First, there is the name "Ghana." This has been conferred on the new country in accordance with local wishes. It was the name of an ancient kingdom, in what is now French territory south of the Sahara, which has acquired great historic significance in the Gold Coast.

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Category:History of Ghana
Category:Historical regions of West Africa