City of Banjul

Banjul is the capital of and its fourth largest city. The city is on an island, which has constrained its size - its population is only 31,000. Consequently much of the population now is based on the mainland between the airport and the city.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The Gambia National Library and Gambia National Museum.

Library
Gambia National Library Service Authority is located in , The Gambia on Reg Pye Lane, the road leading to Tobacco Road. The library was originally operated by the British Council till 1946 and was renamed the National Library of The Gambia in 1971.

Museum
The National Museum of The Gambia is a Gambian cultural museum located in . It is home to historical documents and displays concerning the History of the Gambia.

Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commemorative arch on the road into in . It was built in 1996 to mark the military coup d'état of July 22, 1994, through which Yahya Jammeh and his Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council overthrew the democratically elected Gambian government of President Dawda Jawara.

City of Banjul

Latitude
13.45° or 13° 27′ north
Longitude
-16.5833° or 16° 35′ west
Population
34,600
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
7C55FC28+2M
Geo­Names ID
2413875
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“City of Banjul” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ባንጁል”
  • Azerbaijani: “Banjul”
  • Bengali: “বানজুল”
  • French: “Banjul”
  • German: “Banjul”
  • Hausa: “Banjul”
  • Japanese: “バンジュール”
  • Javanese: “Banjul”
  • Kazakh: “Банжул”
  • Kirghiz: “Банжул”
  • Malay: “Banjul”
  • Oromo: “Banjul”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਾਂਜੁਲ”
  • Persian: “بانجول”
  • Portuguese: “Banjul”
  • Pushto: “بانجول”
  • Somali: “Banjul”
  • Spanish: “Banjul”
  • Swahili: “Banjul”
  • Tajik: “Банҷул”
  • Tatar: “Банжул”
  • Uzbek: “Banjul”

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