Jiffin
Jiffin is a village in Lower River Division, Gambia and has about 729 residents. Jiffin is situated nearby to the village Toniataba, as well as near Kaiaf.- Type: Village with 729 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Giffin”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soma and Mansa Konko.
Soma
Town
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Soma is a town in The Gambia, lying south of the River Gambia. It is an important crossroads, where the main east–west road in the country crosses the Trans-Gambia Highway and it also sits between Northern and Southern Senegal. Soma is situated 6 km northeast of Jiffin.
Mansa Konko
Village
Mansa Konko or Mansakonko is a town in the Gambia, lying north of Soma. Formerly the home of an important chief. Mansa Konko translates as "the hill of kings" in Mandinka. Mansa Konko is situated 7 km northeast of Jiffin.
Jiffin
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lower River Division, Gambia, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.42185° or 13° 25′ 19″ northLongitude
-15.59028° or 15° 35′ 25″ westPopulation
729Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
7C56CCC5+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2978994842OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2413232Wikidata ID
Q1304855
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jiffin” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jiffin”
- Dutch: “Jiffin”
- German: “Jiffin”
- Irish: “Jiffin”
- Swedish: “Giffine”
- Swedish: “Jiffin”
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