The Gambia

Gambia

sovereign state, country

Part of	West Africa
Inception	1965
Official name	Republic of The Gambia, République de Gambie, Islamic Republic of The Gambia
Native label	Republic of The Gambia
Short name	🇬🇲
IPA transcription	ðə ˈɡæm.bi.ə
Dem name after	Gambia River
Official language	English
Anthem	For The Gambia Our Homeland
Culture	culture of Gambia
Motto text	Progress, Peace, Prosperity, Прогрес, мир, просперитет, The smiling coast of Africa
Continent	Africa
Country	Gambia
Capital	Banjul
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00, Africa/Banjul
Located in or next to body of water	Atlantic Ocean
Located in/on physical feature	West Africa
Coordinate location	13°30′0″N 15°30′0″W
Coordinates of easternmost point	13°25′27″N 13°47′29″W
Coordinates of northernmost point	13°49′48″N 15°4′48″W
Coordinates of southernmost point	13°3′49″N 16°44′50″W
Coordinates of westernmost point	13°23′0″N 16°49′26″W
Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean
Government ein basic form	republic
Office held by head of state	President of the Gambia
State ein head	Adama Barrow
Office head of government hold	President of the Gambia
Government ein head	Adama Barrow
Legislative body	National Assembly of The Gambia
Central bank	Central Bank of The Gambia
Currency	dalasi
Headquarters location	Banjul
Dey share bother plus	Senegal
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	BS 1363
Dey replace	Commonwealth realm of the Gambia
Studied in	Gambian studies
Official website
Hashtag	TheGambia
Top-level Internet domain	.gm
Flag	flag of the Gambia
Coat of arms	coat of arms of the Gambia
Geography of topic	geography of the Gambia
Get characteristic	not-free country
History of topic	history of the Gambia
Economy of topic	economy of the Gambia
Demographics of topic	demographics of the Gambia
Mobile country code	607
Country calling code	+220
Emergency phone number	116, 118, 112
Licence plate code	WAG
Maritime identification digits	629
Unicode character	🇬🇲
Category for honorary citizens of entity	Category:Honorary citizens of places in the Gambia
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Gambia

The Gambia, ein official name be Republic of The Gambia, be country for West Africa. Ebe de smallest country for mainland Africa wey Senegal dey surround am except for ein western coast for de Atlantic Ocean. De Gambia dey for both sides of de lower reaches of de Gambia River, wey dey give the country ein name, dey flow for de centre of de Gambia then go pour for de Atlantic Ocean inside, ein dey give de country ein long shape. Eget area of 11,300 square kilometres (4,400 sq mi) den population of 1,857,181 after dem do de April 2013 census. Banjul be de Gambian capital, den san be de country ein largest metropolitan area, wey Serekunda den Brikama be ein largest cities.

De Portuguese for 1455 insyd enter de Gambian region, de first Europeans make dem do so, but dem neva establish important trade der. For 1765 insyd, na dem make the Gambia part of de British Empire by establishment of the Gambia. For 1965 insyd, the Gambia gain independence under Dawda Jawara ein leadership, wey he rule til Yahya Jammeh seize power for bloodless 1994 coup. Adama Barrow cam turn the Gambia ein third president for January 2017 insyd, after he defeat Jammeh for de December 2016 elections insyd. Jammeh initially accept de results, before he refuse make he lef office, e trigger constitutional crisis den military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States wey result for ein removal two days after dem schedule make ein term end.

The Gambia be member of de Economic Community of West African States since ein conception for 1975 insyd den member of de Commonwealth, plus English be de country ein sole official language, both legacies of ein British colonial past. Farming, fishing, den especially tourism dey dominate The Gambia ein economy. For 2015 insyd, 48.6% of de population live for poverty insyd. For rural areas, na poverty be even more widespread, for almost 70%.