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Elmina Castle

fortified colonial trading post in Ghana
Landmark or Historic Building Fort Q55264655

Facts

14 properties

Designation

Instance of
fort, cultural heritage, castle, factory[5][6][7]
Heritage designation
Heritage of Portuguese Influence, Ghana’s material cultural heritage, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[14][15][16]

Location

Country
Ghana, Portuguese Empire[4]
Location
Elmina[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 5.083°, -1.348°, 🗺️ 5.083°, -1.348°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Central Region, Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District[2][3]

Period and style

Inception
1482[11]
More facts +7
Part of
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions[9]
Has use
factory[10]
Capital of
Portuguese Gold Coast[13]
Short name
Elmina[18]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
Native label
Elmina Castle[17]
World Heritage criteria
(vi)[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Elmina Castle en St. George's Castle en St. George del Mina en São Jorge da Mina en Fort São Jorge da Mina en Castellum Minae en Castelo de Sao Jorge da Mina en Castle of St. George’s en Dvorac Elmina en Dvorac Sao Khorkhe da Mina de Oro en Edina Abankese ar قلعة المينا de St. George’s Castle de St. George's Castle de Fort Sao Jorge da Mina de Elmina Castle es San jorge de la mina es San Jorge de la Mina es Sao Jorge da Mina es São Jorge da Mina
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
316594347
GND ID
4347241-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Castle of St. George’s 03.JPG ↗
BlackPast.org ID
global-african-history/el-mina-sao-jorge-da-mina
Burgenwelt ID
ghana/elmina
Described at URL
www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1QmPGj
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
525753
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Elmina-Castle
Freebase ID
/m/051y5v
GeoNames ID
8841370
Ghana Place Names URL
sites.google.com
Show all 18 identifiers +6
HPIP ID
1754
IdRef ID
202637905
SIPA ID
24425
Wiki Loves Monuments ID
GH-CP-003
World Heritage Site ID
34-011
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrWyBVR7xprkHHHtGMMfq
📚 Sources · 1
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
castle, cultural heritage, factory, fort
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Central Region, Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District
Belongs to 1
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Capital of 1
Portuguese Gold Coast
Continent 1
Africa
Country 1
Ghana
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Has use 1
factory
Location 1
Elmina
Part of 1
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
← Capital 1
Portuguese Gold Coast
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Summary

Elmina Castle is a fort[1].

Related Entities

Ghana

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. Retrieved . tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ghana.photographers-resource.com. Retrieved . ghana.photographers-resource.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1QmPGj
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 19w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → Elmina
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39462"
  3. 21w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Ghana, Portuguese Empire
    Has use → factory
    World Heritage criteria → (vi)
    Inception → 1482
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36815: Remove redundant P30"
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