Elmina
Elmina is a city in Coastal Plain 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.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Town with about 34,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
- Description: town in Central Region, Ghana
- Also known as“Dena”“Edina”“Saint George Del Mina”
Places of Interest
Discover Elmina Castle and Fort Coenraadsburg.
Elmina Java Museum
The Elmina Java Museum is a museum in Elmina, Ghana…
Elmina
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Latitude
5.0859° or 5° 5′ 9″ north
Longitude
-1.3506° or 1° 21′ 2″ west
Open location code
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Elmina” goes by many names.
ElminaAfrikaans
EdinaAkan
ألميناArabic
ԷլմինաArmenian
ElminaAsturian
ЕлминаBulgarian
ElminaCatalan
ElminaCebuano
埃尔米纳Chinese
ElminaDanish
EdinaDutch
ElminaDutch
ElminaFinnish
ElminaGalician
ElminaGhanaian Pidgin English
ElminaHausa
אלמינהHebrew
ElminaIndonesian
ElminaIrish
ElminaItalian
エルミナJapanese
엘미나Korean
Mina Sancti GeorgiiLatin
ElminaLithuanian
ElminaMalagasy
ElminaMalay
ElminaNorwegian
ElminaNorwegian Bokmål
ElminaNorwegian Nynorsk
ElminaPolish
São Jorge da Mina (historical)Portuguese
ЭлминаRussian
ЭльминаRussian
ЕлминаSerbian
ElminaSlovenian
ElminaSwahili
ElminaSwedish
ElminaTurkish
ЕльмінаUkrainian
ایلمیناUrdu
ElminaWestern Frisian
EdinaYoruba
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”
Ghanaian Coastal Plain: Highlights
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