Fort William

Fort William is a fort in , , , originally known as Fort Anomabo and renamed Fort William in the 1830s by its then-commander, Brodie Cruickshank, who added one storey to the main building, and renamed the fort after King William IV.
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Photo: Owula kpakpo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: material cultural heritage site at Anomabu, Ghana
  • Also known as: “Anomabu Castle”, “Fort Anomabo”, and “Fort William, Ghana”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Amsterdam.

Castle
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is a former slave fort in , Central region, . It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was captured by admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch West India Company in 1665, in retaliation for the capture of several Dutch forts by the English Admiral Holmes in 1664. is situated 3½ km northeast of Fort William.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anomabu and Abandze.

Village
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, also spelled Anomabo and formerly as Annamaboe, is a town on the coast of the of the of South .

Village
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is a small town near the Atlantic Ocean coast of , lying north-east of in the Central Region of Ghana. In 2010, the town had a population of 3,632. is situated 3½ km northeast of Fort William.

Town
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is a town in, and the capital of, the in the Central Region of . As of 2013, has a population of 24,689 people. is situated 8 km northeast of Fort William.

Fort William

Latitude
5.17425° or 5° 10′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.11899° or 1° 7′ 8″ west
Open location code
6CQW5VFJ+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 520995071
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q5472327
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In Other Languages

From Dagbani to Turkish—“Fort William” goes by many names.
  • Dagbani: “Fort William, Ghana”
  • French: “Château Anomabu”
  • French: “Fort Anomabo”
  • French: “fort William”
  • French: “Fort William”
  • German: “Fort William”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Anomabu Castle”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Fort Anomabo”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Fort William, Ghana”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Fort William”
  • Hausa: “Fort William, Ghana”
  • Turkish: “William Kalesi”

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Highlights include Anomabo Tourist Office and Anomabu Post Office.

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