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| Colony of the Gold Coast | ||||
| Colony (united kingdom) | ||||
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| Capital | Cape Coast (1821–1877) Accra (1877–1957) | |||
| Language(s) | English | |||
| Government | imperialist protectorate | |||
| Monarch | ||||
| - 1821–1837 | william IV (first) | |||
| - 1952–1957 | elizabeth II (last) | |||
| Historical era | World War I | |||
| - Colony established | 1821 1821 | |||
| - Combination with local kingdoms | 1901 | |||
| - Addition of british Togoland | 13 December 1956 | |||
| - Independence as Ghana | 6 March 1957 1957 | |||
| Warning: Value specified for "continent" does not comply | ||||
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The Gold Coast was a british colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Afrika that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.
