Territorial change of Gold Coast (British colony) (British Gold Coast)

“Gold Coast (British colony)”(British Gold Coast) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1873 to 1960. Its territory was largest in AD 1942, at ≈ 1.20 million km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1873 – 1884≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1889≈ 135 thousand km²
AD 1890 – 1894≈ 138 thousand km²
AD 1895 – 1897≈ 137 thousand km²
AD 1898 – 1899≈ 258 thousand km²
AD 1900 – 1904≈ 415 thousand km²
AD 1905 – 1914≈ 1.11 million km²
AD 1915 – 1915≈ 1.12 million km²
AD 1916 – 1916≈ 1.19 million km²
AD 1917 – 1917≈ 1.18 million km²
AD 1918 – 1941≈ 1.19 million km²
AD 1942 – 1942≈ 1.20 million km²
AD 1943 – 1959≈ 1.19 million km²
AD 1960 – 1960≈ 954 thousand km²
AD 1873AD 1960

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1942 – 1942 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1873≈ 16 thousand km²94 of 108
AD 1877≈ 16 thousand km²90 of 104
AD 1880≈ 16 thousand km²91 of 104
AD 1884≈ 16 thousand km²92 of 105
AD 1885≈ 135 thousand km²54 of 101
AD 1890≈ 138 thousand km²54 of 99
AD 1895≈ 137 thousand km²52 of 90
AD 1898≈ 258 thousand km²44 of 87
AD 1900≈ 415 thousand km²37 of 84
AD 1905≈ 1.11 million km²21 of 83
AD 1908≈ 1.11 million km²22 of 79
AD 1911≈ 1.11 million km²22 of 76
AD 1912≈ 1.11 million km²24 of 77
AD 1913≈ 1.11 million km²23 of 78
AD 1914≈ 1.11 million km²23 of 76
AD 1915≈ 1.12 million km²23 of 75
AD 1916≈ 1.19 million km²20 of 71
AD 1917≈ 1.18 million km²20 of 71
AD 1918≈ 1.19 million km²21 of 80
AD 1919≈ 1.19 million km²20 of 88
AD 1920≈ 1.19 million km²20 of 84
AD 1922≈ 1.19 million km²21 of 87
AD 1924≈ 1.19 million km²21 of 86
AD 1926≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 84
AD 1927≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 84
AD 1928≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 85
AD 1929≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 85
AD 1930≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 86
AD 1932≈ 1.19 million km²24 of 88
AD 1936≈ 1.19 million km²24 of 89
AD 1938≈ 1.19 million km²25 of 88
AD 1939≈ 1.19 million km²25 of 86
AD 1940≈ 1.19 million km²27 of 77
AD 1941≈ 1.19 million km²26 of 74
AD 1942≈ 1.20 million km²25 of 75
AD 1943≈ 1.19 million km²24 of 73
AD 1944≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 73
AD 1945≈ 1.19 million km²21 of 76
AD 1946≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 83
AD 1947≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 92
AD 1948≈ 1.19 million km²23 of 96
AD 1949≈ 1.19 million km²23 of 96
AD 1950≈ 1.19 million km²22 of 94
AD 1953≈ 1.19 million km²24 of 97
AD 1956≈ 1.19 million km²25 of 103
AD 1958≈ 1.19 million km²25 of 101
AD 1960≈ 954 thousand km²30 of 107

Its highest rank was in AD 1916: number 71 of 20.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 5 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1905gainedSokoto Caliphate≈ 576 thousand km²
AD 1898gainedAsante Empire≈ 121 thousand km²
AD 1916gainedGerman colonization of Africa≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 1961lostCameroon≈ 43 thousand km²
AD 1905gainedFrench Africa≈ 20 thousand km²

Notes on how this country is shown

Parent state: United Kingdom (colony) — drawn in a lighter shade of the parent state’s colour on the map.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Gold Coast

Succeeded by: Ghana

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Colony of the Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence as Ghana in 1957.

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