Everything about Elmina totally explained
Elmina is a town situated on a south-facing bay on the
Atlantic Ocean coast of
Ghana, lying west of
Cape Coast. The first
European settlement in
West Africa, it now has a population of around 20,000 people.
The town grew around
São Jorge da Mina Castle, built by the
Portuguese Diogo de Azambuja in
1482, and was Portugal's
West African headquarters for trade and exploitation of African wealth. The original Portuguese interest was gold but this later expanded to include tens of thousands of slaves channeled through the trading post of El Mina. The location of Elmina made it a significant site for reprovisioning ships headed south towards the Cape of Good Hope on their way to India. The
Dutch West India Company captured it in
1637; in subsequent centuries it was mostly used for the
slave trade. The city remained in
Dutch hands until
1872, when it was sold to the
English.
Elmina is also home to
Fort Coenraadsburg on
St. Jago Hill, built by the
Dutch in
1666, several
Asafo shrines and a
lagoon. Today, Elmina's main industry is
fishing.
Elmina in the 21st Century
Beginning in 2003, the city of Elmina, along with the Ghanaian government and foreign investors, began The Elmina Strategy 2015, a massive project to improve many aspects of the city, consisting of water drainage and waste management helping to improve the health of the citizens, repairing the fishing industry and harbor of within Elmina, tourism and economic development, improved health services, and improved educational services.
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