Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool

The Kachikally crocodile pool is located in the heart of , Gambia, about 10 miles from the capital . It is one of three sacred crocodile pools used as sites for fertility rituals.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Independence Stadium and Pipeline Mosque.

Stadium
Photo: Annatto, Public domain.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , Gambia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, although it is also used for athletics, concerts, political events, trade fairs and national celebrations. The stadium holds 20,000 people.

Mosque
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The is the main mosque of , . is situated 2½ km southwest of Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bakau and Fajara.

Suburb
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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 Kachikally and for the beaches at Cape Point.

Suburb
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is a coastal suburb of in . 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.

Town
is a municipality, local government area and district in . It is part of the Greater Banjul Area, to the west of , and is governed by Municipal Council. is situated 2½ km south of Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool.

Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool

Latitude
13.47667° or 13° 28′ 36″ north
Longitude
-16.6725° or 16° 40′ 21″ west
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7C55F8GG+MX
Geo­Names ID
6941902
Wiki­data ID
Q1720898
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Twi—“Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی کاشیکالی و حەوزی تیمساح”
  • Ga: “Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool”
  • German: “Kachikally Museum”
  • German: “Kachikally”
  • Hausa: “Gidan kayan gargajiya na Kachikall da gulbin ninkaya na kada”
  • Spanish: “Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool”
  • Swedish: “Crocodile pool”
  • Swedish: “Kachikali”
  • Twi: “Kachikally dɛnkyɛm ɔtare”
  • Twi: “Kachikally Tete Nneɛma Akorae ne Dɛnkyɛm Ɔtare”

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