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 2,769,075 people in 2024 which is a 2.30% population increase from 2013. 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 - Core and peripheral Fula-speaking regions. Note that most of these areas, with the exceptions of Senegal and Guinea, are not primarily Fula-speaking, as this map only shows the absolute numbers of speakers. Fula (/ˈfuːlə/ FOO-lə), also known as Fulani (/fʊˈlɑːniː/ fuul-AH-nee) or Fulah (Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; Adlam: 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪; Ajami: ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ‎, ݒُلَارْ‎, بُۛلَر‎), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 18 countries in West and Central Africa. Along with other related languages such as Serer and Wolof, it belongs to the Atlantic geographic group within Niger–Congo, and more specifically to the Senegambian branch. Unlike most Niger-Congo languages, Fula does not have tones. It is spoken as a first language by the Fula people ("Fulani", Fula: Fulɓe) from the Senegambia region and Guinea to Cameroon, Nigeria, and Sudan and by related groups such as the Toucouleur people in the Senegal River Valley. It is also spoken as a second language by various peoples in the region, such as the Kirdi of northern Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria. (Full article...) List of selected articles 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 Senegambia bridge 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 - Gambian postage stamps from 1953 Image 2Banjul International Airport Banjul International Airport Life in Serekunda 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. Arch 22 in the Gambian capital city of Banjul A donkey cart at a beach in The Gambia Traders at a fish market on the Gambian coast Fish being smoked in Tanji A view of Janjanbureh, Gambia A Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in the Abuko Nature Reserve in The Gambia 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. Portrait of Sir Gilbert by Alexander Bassano, 1893 Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter (also Gilbert-Carter) KCMG (14 January 1848 – 18 January 1927) was an administrative officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial official for the British Empire. Starting as a Collector of Customs for the Gold Coast, he then became a Treasurer of the Gold Coast and the Gambia. Moving on to colonial administration, he started as the Administrator for the Gambia, where he dealt with the aggression of the native king of Gambia. (Full article...) List of Good articles Gambia Regiment Gambia women's national football team Alexander Grant (British Army officer) 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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