Sankandi

Sankandi is a town in the of . It is in district. In 2007, 585 people lived in Sankandi. In its history two Britons, who tried to make peace, were murdered in 1900. The Britons fought back and crushed the village.
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Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Village with 581 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 21 metres (69 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Gambia

Sankandi

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Latitude
13.29677° or 13° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
-15.83028° or 15° 49′ 49″ west
Open location code
7C5675W9+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3172360424
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2412163
Wiki­data ID
Q2799407

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Sankandi” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Санканди”
  • Cebuano: “Sankandi”
  • Dutch: “Sankandi”
  • French: “Sankandi”
  • German: “Sankandi”
  • Irish: “Sankandi”
  • Persian: “سنکندی، گامبیا”
  • Persian: “سنکندی”
  • Swedish: “Sankandi”

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