Ghana
Central Region
Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District

Elmina Castle

Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina, in present-day , , formerly the Gold Coast.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fortified colonial trading post in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Castellum Minae”, “Castelo de Sao Jorge da Mina”, “Castle of St. George’s”, “Dvorac Elmina”, “Dvorac Sao Khorkhe da Mina de Oro”, “Edina Abankese”, “Fort São Jorge da Mina”, “Saint George’s Castle”, “São Jorge da Mina”, “St. George del Mina”, and “St. George’s Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Coenraadsburg and Bethel Methodist Church.

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or Conraadsburg, also Fort São Tiago da Mina, is a small Portuguese chapel built in honor of Saint Jago and it is situated opposite the Elmina Castle in the of Ghana, to protect Fort Elmina from attacks. is situated 380 metres northwest of Elmina Castle.

Church
Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 410 metres northwest of Elmina Castle.

Cemetery
Photo: Fentener van Vlissingen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of was constructed on the order of Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom in 1806. Up until that date, the Dutch had buried their dead inside or just outside Elmina Castle, but by the beginning of the 19th century, little space was left there, so it was decided to construct a new cemetery in what was known as "the Garden" of Elmina. is situated 660 metres northwest of Elmina Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elmina.

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is a city in region of Ghana. Its name comes from the Portuguese word for "Mine". The gold found in these mines are also the origin of the name "Gold Coast", which was the name of what is now Ghana, when it was a British Colony.

Elmina Castle

Latitude
5.08266° or 5° 4′ 58″ north
Longitude
-1.34813° or 1° 20′ 53″ west
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Geo­Names ID
8841370
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Waray—“Elmina Castle” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Edina Abankese”
  • Albanian: “Kështjella Sao Jorge da Mina”
  • Arabic: “قلعة المينا”
  • Armenian: “Էլմինա ամրոց”
  • Catalan: “Sant Jordi de la Mina”
  • Cebuano: “Castelo de São Jorge da Mina”
  • Chinese: “埃爾米納城堡”
  • Chinese: “埃爾米納堡”
  • Chinese: “米纳堡”
  • Dagbani: “Elmina Castle”
  • Dutch: “Fort Elmina”
  • Dutch: “Fort Sint George (Ghana)”
  • Dutch: “Fort Sint George”
  • Dutch: “Fort St. George (Ghana)”
  • Dutch: “Sao Jorge da Mina”
  • Dutch: “São Jorge da Mina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة المينا”
  • French: “Fort d’Elmina”
  • French: “Saint Georges de la Mine”
  • French: “Saint-Georges-de-la-Mine”
  • French: “São Jorge da Mina”
  • Georgian: “ელმინა”
  • German: “Elmina Castle”
  • German: “Fort Sao Jorge da Mina”
  • German: “Fort São Jorge da Mina”
  • German: “St. George’s Castle”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Castle of St. George’s”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Elmina Castle”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Fort São Jorge da Mina”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “São Jorge da Mina”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “St. George del Mina”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “St. George’s Castle”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Elmina Castle”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת אלמינה”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Elmina”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Elmina”
  • Italian: “Castello di Elmina”
  • Italian: “Elmina Castle”
  • Japanese: “エルマイナ城”
  • Japanese: “エルミナ城”
  • Japanese: “エルミナ城塞”
  • Korean: “엘미나성”
  • Latin: “Castellum Mina”
  • Latin: “Castellum Minae”
  • Latin: “Sancti Georgi Castellum”
  • Persian: “دژ المینا”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Elminie”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo da Mina”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de são jorge da mina”
  • Portuguese: “Feitoria da Mina”
  • Portuguese: “Fort São Jorge da Mina”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza da Mina”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de São Jorge da Mina”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de São Jorge da Mina” (historical)
  • Russian: “Крепость Эльмина (Сан-Жоржи-да-Мина)”
  • Russian: “Крепость Эльмина (Сан-Жоржи-ди-Мина)”
  • Russian: “Сан-Жоржи-да-Мина”
  • Russian: “Элмина”
  • Serbian: “Дворац Сао Хорхе да Мина де Оро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac Elmina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tvrđava Elmina”
  • Slovenian: “grad Elmina”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Elmina”
  • Slovenian: “utrdba São Jorge da Mina”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de San Jorge de la Mina”
  • Spanish: “San jorge de la mina”
  • Spanish: “San Jorge de la Mina”
  • Spanish: “São Jorge da Mina de Ouro”
  • Spanish: “Sao Jorge da Mina”
  • Spanish: “São Jorge da Mina”
  • Swahili: “Ngome ya Elmina”
  • Swedish: “Castelo de São Jorge da Mina”
  • Tamil: “எல்மினா கோட்டை”
  • Tatar: “Эльмина кирмәнчеге (Сан-Жоржи-да-Мина кальгасы)”
  • Turkish: “Elmina kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Elmina Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Ельміна”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Сан-Жоржи-да-Міна”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kastilyo Elmina”

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