The gold reefs and placers of Tarkwa and the Ankobra, the source of much of the gold the Portuguese bought at Elmina after 1482.
Not shown to be worked for trade in 1200. A gold-bearing district, not a town.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
No lord known.
How things stand that morning
Gold in the ground; working for trade not shown in 1200.
Walls and castle
See summary.
Trade and crafts
Reef and alluvial gold (later).
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Geology and later workings.
Sources and studies
- I. Wilks, Wangara, Akan and Portuguese in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Journal of African History 23 (1982); T. F. Garrard, Akan Weights and the Gold Trade (1980); from the researcher's knowledge
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.