The name "Gambia" is derived from the Mandinka term Kambra/Kambaa, meaning the Gambia River (or possibly from the sacred Se mere

The Gambia is a very small and narrow country whose borders mirror the meandering Gambia River. It lies between latitudes Se mere

The Gambia gained independence from the United Kingdom on 18 February 1965. From 1965 to 1994, the country was ostensibly a multi-party liberal democracy. It was ruled by Se mere

The system of transportation in The Gambia mixes both public and private operations and consists of a system of roads (both paved … Se mere

9th–16th centuries: Muslim and Portuguese influence
Arab traders provided the first written accounts of The Gambia area in the ninth and tenth centuries. … Se mere

The Gambia has a liberal, market-based economy characterised by traditional subsistence agriculture, a historic reliance on groundnuts ( Se mere

The urbanisation rate as of 2011 was 57.3%. Provisional figures from the 2003 census show the gap between the urban and rural populations … Se mere