Bakau
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Coordinates: 13 ° 29 ′ N , 16 ° 40 ′ W |
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| Region: | Greater Banjul Area | |
| Next place: | Banjul , Serrekunda | |
| Residents: | 53,766 (2013)
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Bakau is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, there were around 53,766 inhabitants, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 28,882.
geography
location
Bakau, located directly on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean , means 'coast' in the Mandinka language . The place is in the Kombo-St. Mary Area and is part of the Greater Banjul Area administrative unit . It is located about eleven kilometers west of the capital Banjul and about five kilometers north of Serekunda . Located in the immediate vicinity of Cape St. Mary , the place is a tourist center with a few hotels.
The place is a popular residence for civil servants and business people. Foreign embassies have settled in the most privileged places on the cliff.
Local division
Formerly individual settlements, the following places represent parts of Bakau. In the census of 1993 the following places were listed individually: Bakau New Town and Bakau Wasulun Kunda .
Fajara is part of Bakau Newtown. The area around Cape St. Mary is called Old Bakau .
| District | Population 1993 |
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| Bakau New Town | 26,687 |
| Bakau Wasulun Kunda | 2,195 |
Culture and sights
Cult places
One of the most famous places of worship in Gambia is the Sacred Crocodile Pool of Kachikally . It is one of three sacred crocodile tanks in The Gambia. There are also the sacred trees Soto Sunjama and Ndebani . The tomb of Sait Matty Bah (1863–1897) is also located in Old Bakau .
Buildings
In addition to Cape St. Mary, there is the Bakau Botanical Garden in the village .
There is a Catholic church on the main street.
Sports
The largest athletics and football stadium in the country, where international football matches are also played, is the Independence Stadium in Bakau.
sons and daughters of the town
- Nyama Suso (1925–1991), musician
- Etu Ndow (1966-2014), artist
- Njogu Demba-Nyrén (* 1979), football player
- Ebou Sillah (born 1980), football player
- Lamin Conateh (* 1981), soccer player
- Pa Amadou Gai (* 1984), football player
- Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1984), athlete
- Abdou Jammeh (* 1986), football player
- Kebba Ceesay (* 1987), football player
- Ebrima Sohna (* 1988), football player
- Ousman Koli (* 1988), football player
- Amadou Sanyang (* 1991), soccer player
- Kekuta Manneh (* 1994), football player
- Alexandra Wester (* 1994), track and field athlete
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bakau on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ http://www.gambia.gm/Statistics/ ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 1993 census ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF file , accessed June 2010
- ↑ a b Allen Meagher (Ed.): Historic sites of The Gambia. Ada Dinkiralu (Mandinka), Bereb-I-Chosan (Wolof), Tarica Tawal (Fula), Nannin (Jola), Soninke Ada (Serehuli), I-Mofan Chosan (Serer). An official guide to the monuments and sites of The Gambia. National Council for the Arts and Culture, Banjul The Gambia 1998, ISBN 9983-80-011-014
Web links
- Road map of the area ( memento of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
