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Gambia
Map of The Gambia
Courtesy of Mbendi
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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 11,300 sq.km.~
Population (1998): 1,194,000**
Population density: 105.7 per sq. km.
Capital: Banjul
Largest city/population 1992: Banjul/50,000~
Urban population 1980/1997: 35/40*
Population growth 1995-2000: 2.3% p.a.*
Life expectancy 1975-80/1995-2000: 39.0/47.0**
Fertility rate 1975-80/1995-2000: 5.9/5.0**
Adult literacy rate 1997: 33.1¬
GNP per capita 1997: $340*
GNP per capita annual growth rate (%): 1975-1995: 3.6¬
Human Development Index rank/value 1999: 163/0.391¬
Exports 1998 ($ millions): ^
Imports 1998 ($ millions): ^
Current account balance ($ millions) 1998: ^
Export destinations 1998: ^
Import destinations 1998: ^
Debt service ratio 1998: ^
President: Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh: since 18-10-96
National Government: President and his Council of Ministers (for details click
here)
National Assembly:
Main political parties:
Legal system:
* = World Bank 1999
** World Resources Institute 1998
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
¬ = Human Development Report 1999
^ = Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2000
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Official languages:
English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula
Currency:
Dalasi
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Government and political websites
News from The Gambia
Other sites of interest
Academic research by Gambian scholars
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Dr. Fatma Denton
Introductory chapter to: FOREIGN POLICY FORMULATION IN THE GAMBIA,
1965-1994: SMALL WEAK DEVELOPING STATES AND THEIR FOREIGN POLICY CHOICES AND DECISIONS
(Unpublished PhD thesis)
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Copyright: Lawrence Flint 2003
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