Bakau New Town

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Bakau New Town is a district of the municipality Kanifing ( English Kanifing Municipal ) in the West African state of Gambia .

The district is located in the north of the municipality and belongs to the place Bakau . In the 1993 census, Bakau New Town was listed as a separate town with 26,687 inhabitants.

Fajara is a large part of Bakau New Town, the boundaries are not documented.

geography

Bakau New Town is located to the west of Bakau on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean . Old Bakau joins in the east , the border forms the Sait Matty Road . In the southeast is neighboring Old Jeshwang and in the south Kanifing , the border is defined by the Bertil Harding Highway , which runs eastward. In part, an area south of the Bertil Harding Highway is still counted as Fajara. A small piece in the southwest borders the district of Latri Kunda south of the Bertil Harding Highway . To the west is Kotu , part of Manjai Kunda , the Fajara Golf Course borders both districts.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 July 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gambia.gm
  2. ^ ATM, Anna's Travel Map: The Gambia Tourist Attraction Map. The Smiling Coast. Anna's Travel Map, Banjul 2007, ISBN 978-1-4243-4346-1 .

Coordinates: 13 ° 28 ′  N , 16 ° 41 ′  W