Elmina

Elmina (Fante: Edina) is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the Central Region. It is situated on a bay on the Atlantic Ocean, west of Cape Coast. Elmina was the first European settlement in West Africa and it has a population of 33,576 people, as of 2013. The current Municipality chief of Elmina is Solomon Ebo Appiah.

fortified colonial trading post in Ghana

festival of the people of Elmina in Central Region of Ghana

Dutch-built fort in Ghana

museum in Elmina, Central Region of Ghana

cemetery in Elmina