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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of the Gambia
| common_name = The Gambia
| image_flag = Flag of The Gambia.svg
| image_coat =Coat_of_arms_of_The_Gambia.svg
| image_map = Gambia in its region.svg
| map_caption = Location of the Gambia (dark red area within circle) on the coast of [[West Africa]].
| national_motto = "Progress, Peace, Prosperity"
| national_anthem = ''[[For The Gambia Our Homeland]]''
| official_languages = [[English language|English]]
| languages_type = National languages
| languages = List:
:Mandinka
:Pulaar
:Wolof
:Serer
:Jola
:Balanta
:Hassaniya Arabic
:Portuguese
:Jola-Fonyi
:Mandjak
:Mankanya
:Noon
:Pulaar
:Cangin
:Dyula
:French
:Fula
:Karon
:Kassonke
:Soninke
:Gambian Sign Language
:Gambian Hindustani
| demonym = Gambian
| ethnic_groups =
{{unbulleted list
| 42% [[Mandinka people|Mandinka]]
| 18% [[Fula people|Fula]]
| {{nowrap|16% [[Wolof people|Wolof]]{{\}}[[Serer people|Serer]]}}
| 10% [[Jola people|Jola]]
| 9% [[Soninke people|Serahuli]]
| 4% other African
| 1% non-African
}}
| ethnic_groups_year = 2003
| capital = [[Banjul]]
| largest_city = [[Serekunda]]
| government_type = [[Presidential republic]]
| leader_title1 = [[Heads of state of the Gambia|President]]
| leader_name1 = [[Adama Barrow]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of the Gambia|Vice President]]
| leader_name2 = [[Isatou Touray]]
| legislature = [[National Assembly of the Gambia|National Assembly]]
| area_rank = 164th
| area_magnitude = 1 E10
| area_km2 = 11,295
| area_sq_mi = 4,007 
| percent_water = 11.5
| population_estimate = 2,051,363<ref name="CIA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ga.html|title=The World Factbook: Gambia, The|website=CIA|language=en|access-date=2018-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702024610/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ga.html|archive-date=2 July 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| population_census = 1,857,181
| population_estimate_year = 2017
| population_estimate_rank = 146
| population_census_year = 2013
| population_density_km2 = 176.1
| population_density_sq_mi = 425.5 
| population_density_rank = 74th
| GDP_PPP = $3.582 billion<ref name="imf2">{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2017/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=26&pr.y=15&sy=2015&ey=2022&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=648&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=|title=The Gambia |publisher=International Monetary Fund }}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year = 2017
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $1,686<ref name="imf2"/>
| GDP_nominal = $1.038 billion<ref name="imf2"/>
| GDP_nominal_year = 2017
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $488<ref name="imf2"/>
| Gini = 35.9 
| Gini_year = 2015
| Gini_change = decrease
| Gini_ref = <ref name="Gini">{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?end=2015&locations=GM&start=2015&view=bar|title=GINI index (World Bank estimate) - Data|website=data.worldbank.org|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421232414/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?end=2015&locations=GM&start=2015&view=bar|archive-date=21 April 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Gini_rank =
| HDI = 0.466 
| HDI_year = 2018 
| HDI_change = increase 
| HDI_ref = <ref name="UNHDR">{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/2019-human-development-index-ranking|title=Human Development Report 2019|language=en|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=10 December 2019|accessdate=10 December 2019|format=PDF|archive-date=23 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523103905/http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/2019-human-development-index-ranking|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 174th
| currency = [[Gambian dalasi|Dalasi]]
| currency_code = GMD
| country_code =
| time_zone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| utc_offset =
| time_zone_DST = | utc_offset_DST =
| drives_on = right
| calling_code = [[+220]]
| iso3166code = GM
| cctld = [[.gm]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|13|28|N|16|36|W|type:city|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:locationGambia.png|right|Location of Gambia]]
[[File:Ga-map.png|right|thumb|300px|A [[map]] of The Gambia]]

'''The Gambia''' is officially called the '''Republic of the Gambia'''. This country is also known as '''Gambia'''.<ref>There is variability in the use of the definite article, and whether it is capitalized. The British Permanent Committee on Geographical Names notes, ''We do have a letter dated May 1964 from the Gambian prime minister's office which instructed us that it should be The Gambia with a capital T. One of the reasons they gave was that Gambia could be confused with Zambia, which was a new name to the international community at the time.''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18233844] However, in running text the present Gambian government generally does not capitalize the "the", and in captions it drops the "the" altogether.[http://www.statehouse.gm/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229013144/http://www.statehouse.gm/ |date=2009-12-29 }}</ref> It is a country in [[West Africa]]. It is surrounded by [[Senegal]]. It is the smallest country on mainland Africa.

[[Banjul]] is the [[capital city]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Banjul|title=Banjul | national capital, The Gambia|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=7 April 2020}}</ref> The largest cities are [[Serekunda]] and [[Brikama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/gambia-population/cities/|title=Population of Cities in Gambia (2019)}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The geography of Gambia is unusual. It is a long, thin country. Except for its coastline it is completely surrounded by the country of [[Senegal]]. The River Gambia flows from Senegal through its centre and into the [[Atlantic Ocean]].

===Climate===
The Gambia has a tropical climate. A hot and rainy season normally lasts from June until November.<ref name="hayward">{{cite book| last = Hayward | first = Derek |author2=J. S. Oguntoyinbo| title = Climatology of West Africa| publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | year = 1987| location = Lanham, Maryland | page = 189| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0RooGyB2f60C&pg=PA189| isbn = 978-0-389-20721-4}}</ref>

==Politics and government==
The Gambia gained [[Gambia Independence Act 1964|independence]] from the [[United Kingdom]] on 18 February 1965. It was ruled by [[Dawda Jawara]] and his [[People's Progressive Party (Gambia)|People's Progressive Party]] (PPP) from 1965 to 1994. There was a military take-over in 1994. In 1996, [[Yahya Jammeh]] became president. Then in 2016, [[Adama Barrow]] was [[Gambian presidential election, 2016|elected]].

===Administrative divisions===
The Gambia is divided into eight local government areas. They are:
* [[Banjul]]
* [[Kanifing (Gambia)|Kanifing]]
* [[Brikama (Gambia)|Brikama]]
* [[Mansa Konko]]
* [[Kerewan (Gambia)|Kerewan]]
* [[Kuntaur (Gambia)|Kuntaur]]
* [[Janjanbureh (Gambia)|Janjanbureh]]
* [[Basse (Gambia)|Basse]]

As of 2013, these are then divided into 43 [[Districts of the Gambia|districts]].

== Culture ==
The [[population]] of The Gambia is about 1.7 million. People from The Gambia are called '''Gambians'''. A number of people from different [[culture]]s and backgrounds live in The Gambia. Some of the largest groups are called ''Mandinka'', ''Fula'', ''Wolof'' and ''Jolo'', in that order.

[[English language|English]] is the official [[language]], but people speak other languages as well.

Most Gambians follow the [[religion]] of [[Islam]].

The American writer [[Alex Haley]], who wrote the book ''Roots'', found that his family came from The Gambia in the 1760s.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Other websites ==
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