West Africa
Gambia
Banjul

Independence Stadium

Independence Stadium 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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool and Embassy of the United States, Banjul.

Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Independence Stadium.

Mosque
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The is the main mosque of , . is situated 1½ km southwest of Independence Stadium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bakau and Fajara.

Suburb
Photo: N3ddo!, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Independence Stadium

Latitude
13.46875° or 13° 28′ 8″ north
Longitude
-16.67819° or 16° 40′ 42″ west
Open location code
7C55F89C+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 816348601
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­stadium
Wiki­data ID
Q455108
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Independence Stadium” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ملعب الاستقلال”
  • Dutch: “Independence Stadium”
  • French: “Independence Stadium (Bakau)”
  • French: “Independence Stadium”
  • German: “Independence Stadium”
  • Indonesian: “Stadion Kemerdekaan (Bakau)”
  • Indonesian: “Stadion Kemerdekaan”
  • Japanese: “インディペンデンス・スタジアム (ガンビア)”
  • Japanese: “インディペンデンス・スタジアム”
  • Japanese: “独立スタジアム (ガンビア)”
  • Persian: “ورزشگاه استقلال باکائو”
  • Polish: “Independence Stadium”
  • Russian: “Индепенденс (стадион, Бакау)”
  • Russian: “Индепенденс”
  • Spanish: “Estadio Independencia”
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa michezo wa Uhuru (Bakau)”
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa michezo wa Uhuru”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân vận động Độc lập (Bakau)”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân vận động Độc lập”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sport Centre and Masjidul Taqwa.

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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 “Independence Stadium”. Photo: Annatto, Public domain.