Located at 13 \u00b0 28 ‘N and 16 \u00b0 39’ W, along the Atlantic coast of West Africa, it borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west and is tightly surrounded by Senegal to the north, east, and south. The country covers an area of 11295 square kilometers and is divided into the capital city of Banjul and five local administrative districts, with a population of 2.42 million. [17] The main ethnic groups include Mandingo, Fula (also known as Pall), Wolof, Jura, and Serahuri.
In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was invaded by Portugal. Afterwards, British and French colonizers also invaded one after another. In 1783, the Treaty of Versailles transferred both banks of the Gambia River to England and Senegal to France. In 1889, Britain and France reached an agreement to delineate the current borders of The Gambia. Independence occurred on February 18, 1965. [1]
The main international and regional organizations that The Gambia has joined include the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the International Criminal Police Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the International Olympic Committee, the Commonwealth, the Non Aligned Movement, the World Tourism Organization, the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, etc. In 2021, The Gambia’s GDP was 1.97 billion US dollars, with a per capita GDP of 787 US dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chinese name 2.42 million. The main ethnic groups are: Mandingo (42% of the population), Fula (also known as Pall, 16%), Wolof (16%), Jura (10%), and Serahuri (9%). The official language is English, and the ethnic languages include Mandingo, Wolof, Fula (also known as Pall), and Serahuli. 90% of the residents believe in Islam, while the rest believe in Protestantism, Catholicism, and primitive religions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Located at 13 \u00b0 28 ‘N and 16 \u00b0 39’ W, along the Atlantic coast of West Africa,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam-country"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14976,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14975\/revisions\/14976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Republic of The Gambia [1]
Foreign Name
The Republic of The Gambia [1]
abbreviation
Gambia
Belonging continent
Africa
Capital City
Banjul [1]
major city
Sarakunda, Brichama
National Day
February 18, 1965 [1]
National Anthem
For Our Homeland in The Gambia
Country code
GMB
official language
English [1]
Currency
Dalasi, divided into coins of Butus
Time Zone
UTC+0
political system
presidential republic
National leaders
Adama Barrow (President)
population size
2.42 million [17]
population density
238.8 people per square kilometer 8<\/a>
Main ethnic groups
Mandingo, Fula, Wolof, Jura, Serahuri [1]
Main religions
Islam [1]
land area
11295 km\u00b2
Water area ratio
11.5%
Total GDP
2.2 billion US dollars
Per Capita GDP
815 USD [1]
International telephone area code
two hundred and twenty
International Domain Abbreviations
.gm
Road traffic
keep to the right
National Motto
Progress, Peace, Prosperity
Main universities
The University of The Gambia<\/p>\n\n\n\n