Gold Coast
Currently the Republic of Ghana
Gold Coastian or Gold Coaster (Ghanaian)
238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi)
about 31,072,945[1]
The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that was rich in gold, petroleum, sweet crude oil and natural gas. This former region is now known as the country Ghana.
Gold Coast region territorial entities were:
Ghana is the legal name for the region loosely referred to as the Gold Coast comprising the following four separate parts, which immediately before independence had distinct constitutional positions:[2]
The United Kingdom government was responsible for shepherding through the Ghana Independence Act 1957 with Charles Arden-Clarke. Lord Listowel explained that the name was chosen "in accordance with the wishes of the Gold Coastian population".[3]