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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 594 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SEKONDI , a See also:

PORT

port on the See also:

Gold See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast in 4° 57' N., I° 42' W., and 167 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail S. by W. of Kumasi. Pop. (igo8) about 5000, of whom some 200 were whites. Sekondi is one of the old trading stations on the See also:

GUINEA

Guinea coast, and Fort See also:

Orange was built here by the Dutch about 164o, the See also:

ENGLISH

English later on See also:

BUILDING

building another fort near by. In 1694 the Dutch fort was plundered by theAhanta, who in 1698 burnt the English fort. It was not rebuilt, and it was not until 1872 that the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place became definitely See also:

BRITISH

British. The See also:

TOWN

town was of comparatively little importance until it was chosen as the See also:

sea See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the railway serving the gold-See also:

MINING

mining districts and See also:

ASHANTI

Ashanti. The railway reached the Tarkwa gold-See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields in 1901 and the Obuassi mines in 1902. From that date Sekondi became the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief port of the Gold Coast See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, gold, See also:

RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber and See also:

TIMBER

timber being the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal exports. In 1908 the See also:

TOTAL

total See also:

trade of the port was £2,121,420. There is no sheltered See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, but at the landing place are piers provided with See also:

CRANES (so called from the resemblance to the long neck of the bird, cf. Gr. 'y pavor, Fr. grue)

cranes. Landing is effected in lighters, See also:

SHIPS

ships anchoring in the roadstead See also:

HALF

half a mile from the See also:

SHORE

shore.

The public buildings include Fort Orange, a See also:

church, See also:

court-See also:

house, See also:

government offices and See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital. The mean temperature is about 990 F.; the rainfall about 40 in. a See also:

YEAR

year. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is unhealthy for Europeans, but by the reclamation of the neighbouring lagoons its sanitary See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition has been improved. Sekondi is governed by a See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality, created in 1905. It is in telegraphic communication with See also:

EUROPE

Europe by submarine See also:

cable, and is served by British, See also:

German and Belgian lines of steamers.

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