Ghana
Central Region
Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly

Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast Castle is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of by European traders. Cape Coast Castle is located in the Central Region of Ghana.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: former fortified colonial trading post in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Carolusborg”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cape Coast Light and Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly.

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Fort William Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Dawson's Hill in the old town of , 's Central Region. Despite the alternate name, it is not part of the Cape Coast Castle complex, lying approximately 600 metres away from the castle. is situated 600 metres northwest of Cape Coast Castle.

Government office
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is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, . Originally created as a municipal district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Cape Coast Municipal District, which was created from the Cape Coast Municipal Council; until it was later elevated to metropolitan district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become Cape Coast Metropolitan District. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Cape Coast Castle.

School
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is an all-boys boarding secondary school in , , established by the Methodist Church in 1876 to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth in the then Gold Coast. is situated 2 km northwest of Cape Coast Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Coast and Moree.

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is a city in the region of . It's a 2 hour 15 minutes drive from the capital city, Accra.

Village
is a town with small seaside resort in , a district in the Central Region of south . was founded by giants Asebu Amanfi and his brother Farnyi Kwegya, and prolific hunter called Adzekese. is situated 5 km northeast of Cape Coast Castle.

Village
is a small town near in the of It lies along the main international road that connects Kumasi-Cape Coast or and Accra-Cape Coast or. is situated 8 km northeast of Cape Coast Castle.

Cape Coast Castle

Latitude
5.10369° or 5° 6′ 13″ north
Longitude
-1.24097° or 1° 14′ 28″ west
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 216864117
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11808940
Wiki­data ID
Q1254826
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Turkish—“Cape Coast Castle” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Oguaa Abankese”
  • Arabic: “قلعة كيب كوست”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Cape Coast”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Costa del Cap”
  • Chinese: “海岸角城堡”
  • Chinese: “海岸角堡”
  • Dagbani: “Cape Coast Castle”
  • Danish: “Carolusborg”
  • Dutch: “Cape Coast Castle”
  • French: “Fort de Cape Coast”
  • German: “Cape Coast Castle”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Cape Coast Castle”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Carolusborg”
  • Hausa: “Carolusborg”
  • Hausa: “Sansanin Cape Coast”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת קייפ קוסט”
  • Italian: “Cape Coast Castle”
  • Japanese: “ケープ・コースト城”
  • Latin: “Castellum Capitis Cursi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Coast Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Cape Coast Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Cape Coast Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo da Costa do Cabo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac Cape Coast”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tvrđava Cape Coast”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de la Costa del Cabo”
  • Swedish: “Carolusborg”
  • Tatar: “Кэйп-Кост (Каролюсборг) кирмәнчеге”
  • Turkish: “Cape Coast Kalesi”

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