Wellingara
Wellingara is a town in West Coast Division, Gambia and has about 16,100 residents. Wellingara is situated nearby to the village Sareh, as well as near the town Abuko.- Type: Town with 16,100 residents
- Description: locality in Gambia
- Also known as: “Welingara” and “Willingara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abuko Nature Reserve.
Abuko Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abuko National Park is a nature reserve in the Gambia lying south of the town of Abuko. It is a popular tourist attraction and was the country's first designated wildlife reserve. Abuko Nature Reserve is situated 3 km southeast of Wellingara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abuko and Sukuta.
Abuko
Town
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abuko is a town in the West Coast Division of the Gambia, five miles southwest of the capital Banjul. It is located in the district of Kombo North/Saint Mary to the north of Banjul International Airport and Abuko Nature Reserve.
Sukuta
Town
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sukuta is a town located in the Western Division of the Gambia. It had a population of 16,667 as of the 1993 census. Sukuta is situated 4 km west of Wellingara.
Serekunda
Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Serekunda is a major city and the largest metropolitan area in The Gambia. It is situated close to the Atlantic coast, on the Gambia River, near the capital, Banjul.
Wellingara
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Coast Division, Gambia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
13.40379° or 13° 24′ 14″ northLongitude
-16.67405° or 16° 40′ 27″ westPopulation
16,100Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
7C55C83G+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2616149102OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2411700Wikidata ID
Q2557769
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wellingara” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wellingara”
- Dutch: “Wellingara”
- German: “Wellingara”
- Irish: “Wellingara”
- Polish: “Wellingara”
- Swedish: “Wellingara”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wellingara Police Station and Piccadilly masjid.
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