Bakau

Bakau is a town on the Atlantic coast of , west of Gambia's capital city of . It is known for its botanical gardens, its crocodile pool Bakau Kachikally and for the beaches at Cape Point.
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  • 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.
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The Kachikally crocodile pool is located in the heart…
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is a multi-purpose stadium in Bakau, Gambia.
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The is the main mosque of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fajara and Kanifing.
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is a coastal suburb of Bakau in .
is a municipality, local government area and district in . is situated 2½ km south of Bakau.
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is a major city and the largest metropolitan area in .

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
node 366356380
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2413920
Wiki­data ID
Q804275

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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”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Honorary Consulate of South Africa and Bakau Football Field.

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