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The Gambia Portal  The Gambia, officially theRepublic of The Gambia, is a country inWest Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is thesmallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded bySenegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by theAtlantic Ocean. Its territory is on both sides of the lower reaches of theGambia River, which flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic. The national namesake river demarcates the elongated shape of the country, which has an area of 11,300 square kilometres (4,400 sq mi) and a population of 2,769,075 people in 2024 which is a 47% population increase from 2013. The capital city isBanjul, which has the most extensivemetropolitan area in the country. The second and third-largest cities areSerekunda andBrikama. Arab Muslim merchants traded with native West Africans in The Gambia throughout the 9th and 10th centuries. In 1455, thePortuguese were the first Europeans to enter The Gambia, although they never established significant trade there. TheBritish Empire established a colony in 1765. In 1965, 200 years later, The Gambia gained independence under the leadership ofDawda Jawara. Jawara remained the president winning several elections until he was overthrown byYahya Jammeh in abloodless 1994 coup. (Full article...) Selected article -show another Gambia River in theNiokolo-Koba National Park TheGambia River (formerly known as theRiver Gambra,French:Fleuve Gambie,Portuguese:Rio Gâmbia) is a majorriver inWest Africa, running 1,120 kilometres (700 mi) from theFouta Djallon plateau in northGuinea westward throughSenegal andThe Gambia to theAtlantic Ocean at the city ofBanjul. It isnavigable for about half that length. The river is strongly associated with The Gambia, the smallest country in mainland Africa, which occupies the downstream half of the river and its two banks. (Full article...) Selected image -show another
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