Bajana
Bajana is a village in Lower River Division, Gambia and has about 907 residents. Bajana is situated nearby to the village Jifarong, as well as near the hamlet Brikana.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. Sankandi is situated 6 km east of Bajana.
Bajana
- Type: Village with 907 residents
- Also known as: “Baijana”
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lower River Division, Gambia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
13.31215° or 13° 18′ 44″ northLongitude
-15.88575° or 15° 53′ 9″ westPopulation
907Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
7C568467+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2977426988OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2413935Wikidata ID
Q24849192
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bajana” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bajana”
- Irish: “Bajana”
- Swedish: “Bajana”
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