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Banjul (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 13 27 10 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.4531 decimal degrees |
Long: 016 34 37 W degrees minutes |
Long: -16.5775 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded in effort to suppress slave trade & serve as trade outlet by British; serves as nation's educational center; population is mostly Wolof; exports peanuts & palm kernels; noted for handicrafts. |
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Banjul (preferred,C,V)
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............ | since 1973 |
Banjui (C,V)
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Bathurst (H,V)
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............ | named for 3rd Earl Bathurst, 1816 |
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Banjul (special city) (P) |
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Banjul (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by British, 1816 |
city (C) |
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national capital (C) |
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since 1965 |
port (C) |
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trade center (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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transportation center (C) |
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tourist center (C) |
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capital (H) |
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of British Protectorate, 1816-1947 |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital of .... |
Gambia, The .......... (nation) |
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(World, Africa) [1000165] |
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