Foreign Trade in the Gambia, Banjul
Business in Banjul (Gambia) Serrekunda, Brikama, Kerewan, Kanifing
The Gambia is a
West African country
- Gambian population: 1,9 million inhabitants
- The capital of the Gambia is Banjul (524,000 inhabitants)
- Serrekunda is the largest Gambian city
- District: Kanifing
- Population of Serrekunda: 348,000 inhabitants
- Serrekunda: 10 kilometres from Banjul
- Brikama is the second largest Gambian city (57,000 inhabitants)
- The main economic activities of the Gambia are agriculture, fishing and tourism
- The Gambia: an agricultural country oriented towards export
- Currency of the Gambia: Dalasi
- Border of the Gambia with Senegal (Kaolak) (landlocked, 749 kilometres)
- Political tensions with Senegal (Senegambia Confederation)
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the Gambia
- Masters: International Business,
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- Doctorates: African Business, World Trade, Global Logistics
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- Total Gambian area: 11.365 km² (the smallest
African continental country)
- Climate of the Gambia: tropical
- Calling code of the Gambia: 220
- Country code top-level domain of the Gambia: .gm
- The name Gambia comes from Mandinga term Kambra/Kambaa, which means: Gambia river
The Republic of the Gambia is composed of eight districts:
- Banjul (city)
- Kanifing
- Brikama (formerly Western)
- Mansa Konko (formerly Lower River)
- Kerewan (formerly North Bank)
- Kuntaur (formerly the western half of the Central River Division)
- Janjanbureh (formerly the eastern half of the Central River Division)
- Basse (formerly Upper River)
Trade Organisations (Gambia)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
- African Development Bank
- African Union
- AUDA-NEPAD
- Economic Commission for Africa
Transport and Logistics in the Gambia:
- Port of Banjul
- Access to:
- Port of
Dakar
- Dakar-Lagos Corridor
- Banjul-Serrekunda Highway
- Banjul International Airport
- The Gambia River is an important way of internal transport
Religion in the Gambia:
- Islam (90%
of the Gambian population)
- African Traditional Religions
- Christianity
Main Gambian languages and ethnicities:
The official language of the Gambia is English
The main Gambian African languages are (in
a million speakers):
- Mandinka
- Wolof
- Diola
The most important ethnicities of the Gambia are:
- Mandinka (28%
of the Gambian population)
- Fula (18%)
- Wolof (10%)
- Jola (Diolas) (32%)
- Soninke (7%)
- Other Gambian ethnicities are Serahule, Serer, Manjaques and Bianunkas
History of the Gambia
- 10th Century: Muslims arrive in the Gambia (Saharan routes). Traffic of
slaves and gold
- 11th Century: conversion to Islam of the Tekrour Kingdom (Empire of Ghana)
- 14th Century: the Empire of Mali
- Fifteenth Century: the Portuguese arrive in the Gambia
- Start of Slave Trade
- 1588: the United Kingdom buys the rights to the Portuguese
- 1965: Independence (the United Kingdom)
- First President: Dawda Jawara
Higher Education in the Gambia
- University of the Gambia
- American International University of West Africa
- EUCLID University
- International Community College
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