Cape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is a large town and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Akanland, Ghana, and is also the main settlement of the Fante (Fanti) people, or (Mfantsefo). Cape Coast is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. Cape Coast is the third most populous settlement in Akanland, in terms of population, with a population of 169,894 people (2010 census). From the 16th century the town has changed hands between the British, the Portuguese, the Swedish, the Danish and the Dutch. The town's Fante name is Oguaa.
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“A solitary traveler whom we saw perambulating in the distance loomed like a giant. He appeared to walk slouchingly, as if held up from above by straps under his shoulders, as much as supported by the plain below. Men and boys would have appeared alike at a little distance, there being no object by which to measure them. Indeed, to an inlander, the Cape landscape is a constant mirage.”
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