Fort Orange, Ghana

Fort Orange
Part of Dutch Gold Coast
Fort Orange (left) and Fort Sekondi (right)
Fort Orange
Coordinates	4°56′09″N 1°42′26″W / 4.9357°N 1.7073°W / 4.9357; -1.7073
Site history
Built	1642 (1642)
Garrison information
Occupants	Netherlands (1642-1872)

Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje) was built as a trading post on the Dutch Gold Coast in 1642, near Sekondi. The trading post was enlarged into a fort in 1690. It was joined by an English Fort Sekondi in 1682. It was sold with the rest of the Dutch Gold Coast to the United Kingdom in 1872, and now serves as a lighthouse.

References

Forts of the former European colonial powers on the Gold Coast

Brandenburg-Prussian forts	Groß Friedrichsburg Dorothea

British forts	Apollonia Metal Cross Sekondi Komenda Cape Coast Victoria Royal William Tantum Winneba James Vernon

Danish forts	Frederiksborg Christiansborg Augustaborg Fredensborg Kongensten Prinsensten

Dutch forts	Elise Carthago Ruychaver Santo Antonio Hollandia Dorothea Batenstein Witsen Orange San Sebastian Vredenburgh Elmina Coenraadsburg Nassau William Egya Amsterdam Patience Goede Hoop Crèvecoeur Singelenburgh

Portuguese forts	Santo António de Axim São Sebastião de Shema São Jorge da Mina São Francisco Xavier

Swedish forts	Batenstein Carlsborg William Christiansborg

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