Bijilo Forest Park
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: protected area
- Also known as: “Bijilo Monkey Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center.
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 Kololi and Sukuta.
Kololi
Suburb
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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.
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 3 km southeast of Bijilo Forest Park.
Fajara
Suburb
Photo: Annatto, Public domain.
Fajara is a coastal suburb of Bakau in the Gambia. It is home to Isatou Njie-Saidy, a former Vice-President of The Gambia; Patricia Aslup, a former US Ambassador; and was formerly the home town of the late Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, a former Prime Minister of The Gambia and the first President of The Gambia. Fajara is situated 6 km northeast of Bijilo Forest Park.
Bijilo Forest Park
- Categories: protected area, forest, and recreation area
- Location: West Coast Division, Gambia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
13.43195° or 13° 25′ 55″ northLongitude
-16.72757° or 16° 43′ 39″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Inception
1982Open location code
7C55C7JC+QXOpenStreetMap ID
way 166695422OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bijilo Forest Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محمية بيجيلو”
- Catalan: “Bijilo National Park”
- Catalan: “Bijilo”
- Catalan: “Parc de Bijilo”
- Catalan: “Parc Nacional de Bijilo”
- Dutch: “Bijilo Forest Park”
- French: “Bijilo Forest Park”
- Ga: “Bijilo Forest Park”
- German: “Bijilo Forest Park”
- Hausa: “Gandun Dajin Bijilo”
- Persian: “پارک جنگلی بیجیلو”
- Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Misitu ya Bijilo”
- Twi: “Bijilo Kwae Mmoa Yɛmmea”
- Ukrainian: “Національний парк ‘Біджіло’”
- Urdu: “بیجیلو فاریسٹ پارک”
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