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” and “Saint George Del Mina”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Elmina Castle and Fort Coenraadsburg.

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Museum
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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”
  • Asturian: “Elmina”
  • Bulgarian: “Елмина”
  • Catalan: “Elmina”
  • Cebuano: “Elmina”
  • Chinese: “埃尔米纳”
  • Danish: “Elmina”
  • Dutch: “Elmina”
  • Finnish: “Elmina”
  • French: “Elmina”
  • Galician: “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”
  • Malagasy: “Elmina”
  • Malay: “Elmina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elmina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “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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