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COUNTRY FACTS: GAMBIA
Name(official): Republic of The Gambia
Name(short): The Gambia
Capital City: Banjul
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and senegal.
Coordinate: 13 28 N, 16 34 W
Independence: (From Britain) February 18th; 1965.
President: Yahya A.J.J. JAMMEH
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 11 300sq.km.
Population: 1 641 564 (July 2006 est.)
People: African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1%.
Religion: Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages: English (Official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars.
Literacy: 40.1%total, 47.8%male, 32.8%female (2003 est.)
Currency: dalasi (GMD)
GDP(per capita): $1 900 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 27.88 (2005 est.)%
Agriculture: Rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats.
Natural resources: fish titanium(rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon, silica sand, clay, petroleum.
Embassy in Japan:
General Info:
International Phone Code: +220

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

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MAJOR CITIES

Kanifeng, Brikama, Banjul.

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

5 divisions: Central River, Lower River, North Bank, Upper River, Western.And 1 city; Banjul.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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