Portal:The Gambia

The Gambia Portal The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. Its territory is on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, which flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic. The national namesake river demarcates the elongated shape of the country, which has an area of 11,300 square kilometres (4,400 sq mi) and a population of 2,468,569 people in 2024. The capital city is Banjul, which has the most extensive metropolitan area in the country. The second and third-largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. Arab Muslim merchants traded with native West Africans in The Gambia throughout the 9th and 10th centuries. In 1455, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to enter The Gambia, although they never established significant trade there. The British Empire established a colony in 1765. In 1965, 200 years later, The Gambia gained independence under the leadership of Dawda Jawara. Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless 1994 coup. (Full article...) Selected article - The Senegambia bridge, also known as the Trans-Gambia Bridge, is a bridge in The Gambia that carries the Trans-Gambia Highway connecting northern and southern Gambia. It also provides access to the isolated Casamance province from the rest of Senegal. A bridge had been proposed for this location in 1956 but political considerations delayed construction which finally began in 2015. Construction was funded largely by a loan of US$ 65 million from the African Development Bank, with remaining funding coming from the Gambian government. Construction works were carried out by a joint venture of Spanish company Isolux Corsán and the Senegalese Arezki Group. The bridge, made from reinforced concrete, opened to light vehicles on 21 January 2019. At 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length it is one of West Africa's longest bridges and includes a 100-metre-wide (110 yd) central span to facilitate continued use of the river by boats. The Senegambia bridge forms part of the Trans-Gambia Highway and the Trans–West African Coastal Highway. (Full article...) List of selected articles Fula language Jola people Balafon North Bank Division Banjul Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve West Coast Division (Gambia) Kunta Kinteh Island Gambia River Serekunda Yahya Jammeh Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof Wolof people Senegambian stone circles 1994 Gambian coup d'état Senegambia Serer people Mandinka people Jollof rice Serer religion Islam in the Gambia Christianity in The Gambia Hamat Bah Adama Barrow Lower River Division Serer maternal clans The Gambia at the Olympics Senegambia Confederation Fula people April 2000 Gambian student massacre Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Selected image - Arch 22 in the Gambian capital city of Banjul A donkey cart at a beach in The Gambia Front and back view of the Gambian dalasi and coins from 5 bututs to 1 dalasi Gunjur is a small coastal town in south-western Gambia. Life in Serekunda Gambian postage stamps from 1953 A Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in the Abuko Nature Reserve in The Gambia Traders at a fish market on the Gambian coast Image 9Banjul International Airport Banjul International Airport A view of Janjanbureh, Gambia Fish being smoked in Tanji Did you know - ... that the Bateleur (pictured) is the official symbol of Kiang West National Park in The Gambia? Good article - This is a Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards. Sir Alexander Grant (1775 – 29 September 1827) was a British Army officer who served as the first Commandant of St Mary's Island from 1816 to 1826. An officer with the newly-founded Royal African Corps, Grant negotiated the purchase of St Mary's Island in the Gambia River from the King of Kombo in 1816, following the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The island was the first settlement in what would later become the Gambia Colony and Protectorate. During his time as commandant, Grant founded the town of Bathurst on the island, which later became Banjul and the capital city of The Gambia as an independent country. Grant also purchased MacCarthy Island, further down the Gambia River, and founded on it Georgetown - now Janjanbureh - as a settlement for freed slaves. (Full article...) List of Good articles Gambia Regiment Gambia women's national football team Gilbert Thomas Carter The Gambia at the 2000 Summer Olympics The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Gambia at the 2012 Summer Olympics The Gambia at the 2016 Summer Olympics The Gambia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Subcategories Category puzzle Select [►] to view subcategories The Gambia Gambia-related lists Buildings and structures in the Gambia Culture of the Gambia Economy of the Gambia Education in the Gambia Environment of the Gambia Geography of the Gambia Government of the Gambia Health in the Gambia History of the Gambia Organisations based in the Gambia Gambian people Politics of the Gambia Society of the Gambia The Gambia stubs Related portals Religions in The Gambia West Africa (All Africa-related portals) WikiProjects You are invited to participate in WikiProject The Gambia, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about The Gambia. 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