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Princes Town, Ghana

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Princes Town, Ghana
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 4°47′37″N 2°08′05″W / 4.79361°N 2.13472°W / 4.79361; -2.13472
Ƴantacciyar ƙasaGhana
Yankuna na GhanaYankin Yammaci, Ghana
Gundumomin GhanaAhanta West Municipal District
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Faɗi 28,335
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Princes Town ko Pokesu yana da tazarar kilomita 5 gabas da Sansanin St. Antonio akan Dutsen Manfro a gundumar Ahanta ta Yammacin Yankin kudancin Ghana. Tana tsakanin Axim zuwa yamma da Sekondi-Takoradi zuwa gabas. A ranar 1 ga Janairun 1681, balaguron Brandenburger na jiragen ruwa guda biyu da Otto Friedrich von der Groeben ya ba da umarni, ya isa Tekun Gold, kuma ya fara gina katafaren katako tsakanin Axim da Cape of Points Uku. An kammala ginin sansanin a 1683 kuma an sake masa suna Sansanin Fredericksburg (Jamusanci: Gross-Friedrichsburg) don girmama Yarima Frederick William I, Mai zaɓen Brandenburg. Saboda an sanya wa sansanin suna bayan Yarima, ana kiranta da Garin Sarakuna. Gidan ya zama hedkwatar Brandenburgers a Afirka.[1]

A cikin 1708, wani ɗan kasuwa na Akan, John Canoe ya sami labarin cewa Jamusawa za su siyar da sansanin ga Dutch. A cikin zanga -zangar, ya fara juriya wanda ya sami nasarar dakatar da manyan jiragen ruwa na kusan shekaru 20. Daga karshe mutanen Holland sun kwace katangar a cikin 1725 kuma aka sake masa suna "Hollandia". Saboda John Canoe ya yi nasarar ci gaba da kula da sansanin, mazauna suna kallonsa a matsayin gwarzo.[1] A cikin 1872, Yaren mutanen Holland sun ba da ƙarfi ga Biritaniya kuma a cikin 1957, sansanin ya zama sabon ƙasar Ghana mai cin gashin kanta.[1]

"Junkanoo" (wanda ake kira "John Canoe") ana yin bukukuwa kamar Mardi Gras a kowace shekara a cikin abubuwan da ke cikin gabar tekun North Carolina, a Jamaica da Bahamas.

Sansanin Fredericksburg

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An gina Sansanin Fredericksburg da dutse da jirgin ruwa ya ɗauka tsakanin 1681 zuwa 1683 daga Prussia kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin garuruwan Jamus guda biyu da aka gina a Ghana, ɗayan kuma shine Sansanin Dorothea.[2] An kiyasta cewa kimanin 'yan Afirka 300,000 aka yi jigilar su ta wannan sansanin. Ragowar John Canoe asiri ne. Wasu sun ce an kama shi bayan ya sha kashi a fagen fama yayin da wasu suka ce gawar sa tana cikin makabartar Tafo a Kumasi.

'Yan uwa mata

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Jerin garuruwan 'yan uwa na Garin Masarauta, wanda Sister Cities International ta zaɓa:

Ƙasa Birnin Gundumar / Gundumar / Yanki / Jiha Kwanan wata
Tarayyar Amurka USA Fredericksburg, VA Virginia
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Princes Town-Ghana West Coast Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. ghanawestcoast.com.
  2. Briggs, P. (2014). Ghana. Bradt Travel Guide Series. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-84162-478-5. Retrieved 16 May 2019.