Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
The Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, commonly known as the Northern Territories, was a British protectorate in Africa from 1901 until 1957.[2] The protectorate was administered by the Governor of the Gold Coast under a Chief Commissioner residing at Gambaga.[3]: 79 A number of treaties were concluded in the name of Her Britannic Majesty with the Chiefs of Bona, Dagarti, Wa and Mamprusi at Gambaga.[3]: 77 These treaties were made in 1896.[4] Under the treaties, the Chiefs agreed not to conclude treaties with any other Power or to cede territory or to accept protectorates without the consent of Her Britannic Majesty.[3]: 77 The Northern Territories were constituted as a district in 1897.[3]: 77 The Northern Territories were formally established as a protectorate in 1901 under the Northern Territories Order in Council 1901 made on 26 September 1901.[4] The Northern Territories remained a protectorate until the Ghana Independence Act 1957 annexed the Northern Territories by providing that the territories included immediately before 6 March 1957 in the Gold Coast should, as from that day, form part of Her Majesty's dominions by the name of Ghana.[4]
Northern Territories of the Gold Coast | |||||||
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 Coat of arms
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| Anthem: God Save the King (1902–1952) God Save the Queen (1952–1957) | |||||||
 Map of the Gold Coast Colony, the Ashanti Colony, the Northern Territories and the mandate territory of British Togoland | |||||||
| Capital | Gambaga | ||||||
| Common languages | English (official), Dagbani (official) | ||||||
| Government | Protectorate | ||||||
| Monarch | |||||||
| Chief Commissioner | |||||||
• 1897-1899 | Henry Ponting Northcott | ||||||
• 1954-1957 | Sydney MacDonald-Smith | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1 January 1902[1] | ||||||
• Annexed to form part of Her Majesty’s dominions as part of Ghana | 6 March 1957 | ||||||
| Currency | Gold Coast ackey British West African pound | ||||||
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| Today part of | Ghana | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Northern Territories Order in Council, 1901 made on 26 September 1901, effective 1 January 1902
- ^ ’The Location of Administrative Capitals in Ashanti, Ghana, 1896-1911’ by R. B. Bening in The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2 (1979)
- ^ a b c d Hertslet, E. The Map of Africa by Treaty (Map).
- ^ a b c Roberts-Wray, Kenneth (1966). Commonwealth and Colonial Law. London: Stevens. p. 789.