Faba Forest Park
Faba Forest Park is a forest park in the Gambia. Established on January 1, 1954, it covers 517.3 hectares. The estimated altitude of the park is 33 meters.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sankandi.
Sankandi
Village
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sankandi is a town in the Lower River Division of the Gambia. It is in Kiang West 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.
Faba Forest Park
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area
- Categories: protected area, forest, and recreation area
- Location: Lower River Division, Gambia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
13.33471° or 13° 20′ 5″ northLongitude
-15.85186° or 15° 51′ 7″ westElevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
7C5684MX+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1482932627OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=forestGeoNames ID
2413532Wikidata ID
Q1390060
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swahili—“Faba Forest Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متنزه غابة فابا”
- Dutch: “Faba Forest Park”
- French: “Faba Forest Park”
- German: “Faba Forest Park”
- Persian: “پارک جنگلی فابا”
- Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Msitu wa Faba”
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