Ghanaian Coastal Plain
Central Region
Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District

Elmina

Elmina 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.
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  • Type: Town with 34,400 residents
  • Description: town in Central Region, Ghana
  • Also known as: “Dena”, “Edina”, and “Saint George Del Mina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elmina Castle and Fort Coenraadsburg.

Photo: Bolance, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Elmina, , formerly the Gold Coast.

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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 in the of Ghana, to protect Fort Elmina from attacks.

Museum
Photo: Fentener van Vlissingen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a museum in Elmina, , dedicated to the history of the so-called Belanda Hitam; soldiers recruited in the 19th century in the Dutch Gold Coast to serve in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army.

Elmina

Latitude
5.0859° or 5° 5′ 9″ north
Longitude
-1.3506° or 1° 21′ 2″ west
Population
34,400
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
6CQW3JPX+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240023188
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2301190
Wiki­data ID
Q968662
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Elmina” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Elmina”
  • Akan: “Edina”
  • Arabic: “ألمينا”
  • Armenian: “Էլմինա”
  • Bulgarian: “Елмина”
  • Catalan: “Elmina”
  • Cebuano: “Elmina”
  • Chinese: “埃尔米纳”
  • Danish: “Elmina”
  • Dutch: “Edina”
  • Dutch: “Elmina”
  • Finnish: “Elmina”
  • French: “Elmina”
  • German: “Elmina”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Elmina”
  • Hausa: “Elmina”
  • Hebrew: “אלמינה”
  • Indonesian: “Elmina”
  • Irish: “Elmina”
  • Italian: “Elmina”
  • Japanese: “エルミナ”
  • Korean: “엘미나”
  • Latin: “Mina Sancti Georgii”
  • Lithuanian: “Elmina”
  • Malay: “Elmina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elmina”
  • Norwegian: “Elmina”
  • Polish: “Elmina”
  • Portuguese: “Elmina”
  • Portuguese: “São Jorge da Mina” (historical)
  • Russian: “Элмина”
  • Russian: “Эльмина”
  • Serbian: “Елмина”
  • Slovenian: “Elmina”
  • Spanish: “Elmina”
  • Swahili: “Elmina”
  • Swedish: “Elmina”
  • Turkish: “Elmina”
  • Ukrainian: “Ельміна”
  • Urdu: “ایلمینا”
  • Western Frisian: “Elmina”
  • Yoruba: “Edina”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Elmina”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.