Sanchaba

Sanchaba is a suburb in West Coast Division, Gambia and has about 25,100 residents. Sanchaba is situated nearby to the town Sukuta, as well as near the suburb Kerr Serign.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bijilo Forest Park and Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center.

Bijilo Forest Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bijilo Forest Park, often known as Monkey Park, is a forest park in the Gambia, lying in the coastal zone about 11 km west of Banjul the Kombo Saint Mary District.

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center

Convention center

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center is a 14,000-square-metre conference center in The Gambia, located in Kombo North/Saint Mary. The project began in 2017 and inaugurated in January 2020.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sukuta and Kololi.

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.

Kololi is a resort town on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean that is located near Serrekunda, The Gambia. It is surrounded by the Bijilo Forest. The primary hotels are located on "The Strip" which is a short road leading to the beach and the hotels of Senegambia and the Kairaba.

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.

Sanchaba

Type: Suburb with 25,100 residents
Category: locality
Location: West Coast Division, Gambia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude

13.42377° or 13° 25′ 26″ north

Longitude

-16.7084° or 16° 42′ 30″ west

Population

25,100

Elevation

23 metres (75 feet)

Open location code

7C55C7FR+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13719467265

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

2412186

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