Bakau
Bakau is a town on the Atlantic coast of Gambia, west of Gambia's capital city of Banjul. It is known for its botanical gardens, its crocodile pool Bakau Kachikally and for the beaches at Cape Point.- Suburb with 43,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 22 metres (72 feet)
- Description: town in Gambia
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool and Independence Stadium.
Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool
Museum
The Kachikally crocodile pool is located in the heart…
Independence Stadium
Stadium
Independence Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bakau, Gambia.
Pipeline Mosque
Mosque
The Pipeline Mosque is the main mosque of Serekunda, The Gambia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fajara and Kanifing.
Kanifing
Town
Kanifing is a municipality, local government area and district in the Gambia. Kanifing is situated 2½ km south of Bakau.
Serekunda
Serekunda is a major city and the largest metropolitan area in The Gambia.
Bakau
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Latitude
13.47745° or 13° 28′ 39″ north
Longitude
-16.67791° or 16° 40′ 41″ west
UN/LOCODE
GM BAK
Open location code
7C55F8GC+XR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Bakau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باكاو”
- Asturian: “Bakau”
- Belarusian: “Бакаў”
- Breton: “Bakau”
- Bulgarian: “Бакау”
- Catalan: “Bakau”
- Cebuano: “Bakau”
- Chinese: “巴考”
- Corsican: “Bakau”
- Czech: “Bakau”
- Danish: “Bakau”
- Dutch: “Bakau”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باكاو”
- Finnish: “Bakau”
- French: “Bakau”
- Georgian: “ბაკაუ”
- German: “Bakau”
- Hebrew: “בקאו”
- Hungarian: “Bakau”
- Indonesian: “Bakau”
- Italian: “Bakau”
- Japanese: “バカウ (ガンビア)”
- Japanese: “バカウ”
- Korean: “바카우”
- Lithuanian: “Bakau”
- Low German: “Bakau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bakau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bakau”
- Norwegian: “Bakau”
- Persian: “باکائو”
- Polish: “Bakau”
- Portuguese: “Bakau”
- Romanian: “Bakau”
- Russian: “Бакау”
- Silesian: “Bakau”
- Slovenian: “Bakau”
- Spanish: “Bakau”
- Swahili: “Bakau”
- Swedish: “Bakau”
- Tahitian: “Bakau”
- Ukrainian: “Бакау”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bakau New Town and Old Bakau.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Honorary Consulate of South Africa and Bakau Football Field.
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