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Janjanbureh

Janjanbureh or Jangjangbureh is a town, founded in 1823, on Janjanbureh Island, also known as MacCarthy Island, in the Gambia River in eastern Gambia. Until 1995, it was known as Georgetown and was the second largest town in the country.
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  • Type: Town with 4,000 residents
  • Description: town in eastern Gambia
  • Also known as: “George Town”, “Jangjangbureh”, “McCarthy Island”, and “Old Fort George”
  • Historically known as: “Georgetown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include MacCarthy Island.

Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, originally known as Lemain Island and officially named Janjanbureh Island, is an island located approximately 170 miles upriver from the mouth of the Gambia River, in eastern Gambia, in the Janjanbureh District.

Janjanbureh

Latitude
13.5391° or 13° 32′ 21″ north
Longitude
-14.7612° or 14° 45′ 40″ west
Population
4,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7C57G6QQ+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1848292179
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2413437
Wiki­data ID
Q1002786
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Urdu—“Janjanbureh” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Janjanbureh”
  • Catalan: “Georgetown”
  • Catalan: “Jangjangbureh”
  • Catalan: “Janjanbureh”
  • Catalan: “Janjang-bureh”
  • Catalan: “Janjangbureh”
  • Cebuano: “Georgetown (kapital sa rehiyon sa Gambia)”
  • Cebuano: “Georgetown”
  • Chinese: “詹江布尔”
  • Chinese: “詹江布爾”
  • Chinese: “詹詹布雷”
  • Danish: “Janjanbureh”
  • Dutch: “Janjanbureh”
  • Finnish: “Janjanbureh”
  • French: “Jan Jan Bureh”
  • French: “Janjanbureh”
  • Galician: “Janjanbureh”
  • German: “Janjanbureh”
  • German: “Janjangbure”
  • Greek: “Τζορτζτάουν”
  • Hungarian: “Janjanbureh”
  • Irish: “Janjanbureh”
  • Italian: “Janjanbureh”
  • Japanese: “ジャンジャンブレア”
  • Japanese: “ジャンジャンブレア行政区”
  • Korean: “잔잔부레”
  • Lithuanian: “Džandžanburė”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Janjanbureh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Janjanbureh”
  • Norwegian: “Janjanbureh”
  • Persian: “جانجانبوره، گامبیا”
  • Persian: “جانجانبوره”
  • Polish: “Jangjang-bureh”
  • Polish: “Jangjangbureh”
  • Polish: “Janjan-bureh”
  • Polish: “Janjanbureh”
  • Polish: “MacCarthy Town”
  • Portuguese: “Janjanbureh”
  • Romanian: “Janjanbureh”
  • Russian: “Джанджанбуре”
  • Russian: “Яньянбуре”
  • Swedish: “Georgetown”
  • Swedish: “Janjanbureh”
  • Turkish: “Janjanbureh”
  • Urdu: “جانجانبرہ، گیمبیا”
  • Urdu: “جنجنبرہ”

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