Anomabu

Anomabu, additionally spelled Anomabo and formerly as Annamaboe, is a metropolis at the coast of the Mfantsiman Municipal District of the Central Region of Ghana. Anomabu has a settlement populace of 14,389 people. Annamaboe's origins are cloudy, however the town rose to prominence inside the 17th century.

The Fante merchants there traded in general in gold and grain. After inviting the Dutch to construct a factory in town, the traders grew to become an increasing number of in the direction of the slave alternate. Wealthy Fante traders supported the constructing of an English fort to further this motive. However, the lack of the Royal African Company's monopoly in 1698 led to the last of the fortress in 1730. Under strain from increasing French hobby, the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa moved to rebuild the fortress. Fort William, additionally referred to as Anomabu Castle, was designed through the British engineer John Apperley and built among 1753 and 1760. At the time it turned into taken into consideration to be the most powerful fortification at the coast. It is set 16 kilometers from Cape Coast Castle.