Faraba Banta
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Coordinates: 13 ° 16 ′ N , 16 ° 31 ′ W |
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| Region: | West coast | |
| District: | Combo East | |
| Residents: | 3681 (2013)
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Faraba Banta (spelling variant: Faraba Bantang , short form Faraba ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for the year 2013, there are around 3,681 inhabitants, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 2,276.
geography
location
Faraba Banta, in the West Coast Region , Kombo East District , is approximately 1.5 kilometers north of the South Bank Road , Gambia's main trunk road. Brikama , the nearest major city, is approximately 17 kilometers to the west.
Finto Manereg Forest Park is around five kilometers south .
Flora and fauna
The place with the surrounding rice fields and the nearby Pirang Bolong is the destination of numerous bird lovers who want to observe the abundant bird life . For example, the were gold crown Strangler ( Laniarius barbarus ), the Schuppenkopfrötel ( Cossypha albicapilla ), the oriole singer ( Hypergerus atriceps ) and the Africa throttle ( Turdus Pelios ) seen here. The white-eyed thrush ( Turdoides reinwardtii ), the nose-streaked honey indicator ( Indicator minor minor ), the yellow-browed bearded bird ( Pogoniulus chrysoconus ) were also seen here.
history
During the protests in Faraba Banta 2018 , firearms were used by the Gambian police Gambia Police Force , in which three people died and several were wounded. The background was protests against a planned mining project that came about illegally and without the consent of local bodies. As a result, Landing Kinteh , inspector general of the police, resigned from his post.
Culture
In Faraba Banta, a sacred grove is known as a place of worship under the name of Jibanding Kolong .
education
The government of Yahya Jammeh announced in 2005 that a new campus for the University of Gambia should be built here near Faraba Banta. This construction project was not realized until 2019.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Bakary K. Njie (* 1945), politician and manager
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Faraba Banta on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ Stephen C. Stringall, Dody Broyles: Gambia. International Travel Maps, Vancouver 2003, ISBN 1-55341-217-6 (map, 96 × 61 cm, 1: 350,000).
- ↑ http://www.bsc-eoc.org/servlet/org.bsc.links.GoToLink?id=26234 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Craig Emms, Linda Barnett, Richard Human: The Gambia. The Bradt Travel Guide (= Bradt Travel Guide ). 2nd edition. Bradt Travel Guides, Chalfont St. Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-137-4 .
- ↑ 2 Killed, 9 wounded in Faraba clash. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ President Jammeh presides over the second convocation of the university of The Gambia ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Statehouse, December 10, 2005.
- ↑ President Jammeh presented master plan for new university campus ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 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. Statehouse, July 14, 2006
- ^ Gov't allocates Faraba Banta site for UTG campus. In: Daily Observer , December 12, 2005.
