Box Bar Stadium
Box Bar Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Banjul, the Gambia. It is used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium for the Gambia national football team until Independence Stadium opened. It was also the home of the Gambian Cup.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include King Fahad Mosque in Banjul and The Gambia National Library.
King Fahad Mosque in Banjul
Mosque
King Fahad Mosque in Banjul is situated 100 metres northwest of Box Bar Stadium.
The Gambia National Library
Library
Gambia National Library Service Authority is located in Banjul, The Gambia on Reg Pye Lane, the road leading to Tobacco Road. The library was originally operated by the British Council till 1946 and was renamed the National Library of The Gambia in 1971. The Gambia National Library is situated 470 metres northwest of Box Bar Stadium.
Arch 22
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arch 22 is a commemorative arch on the road into Banjul in the Gambia. It was built in 1996 to mark the military coup d'état of July 22, 1994, through which Yahya Jammeh and his Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council overthrew the democratically elected Gambian government of President Dawda Jawara. Arch 22 is situated 430 metres north of Box Bar Stadium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Banjul and Essau.
Banjul
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Banjul is the capital of Gambia and its fourth largest city. The city is on an island, which has constrained its size - its population is only 31,000. Consequently much of the population now is based on the mainland between the airport and the city.
Essau
Village
Essau is a small town in north-western Gambia. It is located in Lower Niumi District in the North Bank Division. As of 2009, it has an estimated population of 6,670. Essau is situated 6 km northeast of Box Bar Stadium.
Box Bar Stadium
- Type: Pitch
- Description: stadium
- Categories: stadium, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Gambia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
13.45649° or 13° 27′ 23″ northLongitude
-16.58201° or 16° 34′ 55″ westOpen location code
7C55FC49+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 693617277OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=pitchWikidata ID
Q895511
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Box Bar Stadium” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Box Bar Stadion”
- Dutch: “Box Barstadion”
- German: “Box Bar Stadium”
- Persian: “ورزشگاه بوکس بار”
- Polish: “Box Bar Stadium”
- Portuguese: “Estádio Box Bar”
- Russian: “Бокс-Бар (стадион)”
- Russian: “Бокс-Бар”
- Spanish: “Estadio Box Bar”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Box Bar Stadium”. Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.