Gunjur (West Coast Region)
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Coordinates: 13 ° 11 ′ N , 16 ° 46 ′ W |
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| Region: | West coast | |
| District: | Combo South | |
| Residents: | 22,244 (2013)
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Gunjur (spelling variant: Gunjar ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, there are around 22,244 inhabitants, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 9,983.
geography
Gunjur is located in the West Coast Region , Kombo South District , about three kilometers from the Atlantic coast and about ten kilometers from Sanyang . After Brikama the distance is about 16 kilometers.
politics
Town twinning
A town twinning with Marlborough in the United Kingdom had existed since the 1980s and was banned by the Gambian authorities in July 2013.
Culture and sights
In Gunjur, holy and religious stones are known as a place of worship under the name Kenye-Kenye Jamango , it was the place of prayer of Omar Saidu Tall . The cult site Tengworo is also located here.
Sons and daughters of the village
- Bakery Jatta (* 1998), football player
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gunjur (West Coast Region) on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ Gunjur-Marlborough Link banned ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2013 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. The Daily Observer of July 19, 2013
- ↑ 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 .
