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Facts about Gambia

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The Gambia, commonly known as Gambia, is the smallest country on the African continental mainland and is surrounded by Senegal, except for a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

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In 1618, James I granted a charter to a British company for trade with Gambia and the Gold Coast (now Ghana).

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The Gambia is divided into five divisions and one city.

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In 1888, The Gambia became a separate colonial entity.

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During World War II, Gambian troops fought with the Allies in Burma.

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Until a military coup in July 1994, The Gambia was led by Jawara, who was re-elected five times.

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During the late seventeenth century and throughout the eighteenth, Britain and France struggled continually for political and commercial supremacy in the regions of the Senegal and Gambia rivers.

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The terrain is a flood plain of the Gambia River.

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Gambians officially observe the holidays of both religions and practice religious tolerance.

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More than 80 percent of Gambians live in rural villages, although more and more young people come to the capital, Namjul, in search of work and education.

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The Gambia reports 11 percent of its exports going to and 14.6 percent of its imports coming from the United States.

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Three Gambian journalists have been arrested since the coup attempt.

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A wide variety of ethnic groups live in The Gambia with a minimum of intertribal friction, each preserving its own language and traditions.

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On April 24, 1970, The Gambia became a republic within the Commonwealth, following a second referendum, with Prime Minister Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara as head of state.

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The Senegambia Confederation came into existence; it aimed eventually to combine the armed forces of the two states and to unify their economies and currencies.

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The Gambia achieved independence on February 18, 1965, as a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations.

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The Gambia has a variety of traditional musical instruments.

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The Gambia withdrew from the confederation in 1989.

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At the beginning of the fourteenth century, most of what is today called The Gambia was a tributary to the Mali Empire.

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Before the 1994 coup d'йtat, The Gambia was one of the oldest existing multi-party democracies in Africa.

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In 1807, slave trading was abolished throughout the British Empire, and the British tried unsuccessfully to end the slave trade in The Gambia.

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The tourism industry in The Gambia started when a party of three hundred Swedish tourists arrived in 1965.

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Poverty in the Gambia has its roots in slow economic growth and uneven income distribution.

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Like its neighbor, The Gambia relies heavily on the export of groundnuts (peanuts) and on tourism for revenue (it is known as a birdwatcher's paradise).

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The Gambia received its own executive and legislative councils in 1901 and gradually progressed toward self-government.

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The Gambia is a very small and narrow country—about 20 miles wide.

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The Gambia River provides habitat for wildlife, including dolphins, crocodiles, and hippopotamus.

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In 1589, after moving through grammar school, Latin school, and lower and higher seminary in the Lutheran education system, Kepler began attending the University of Tьbingen as a theology student.

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The River Gambia flows through the center of the country and empties into the Atlantic.

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