Old Jeshwang

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Old Jeshwang 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 Serekunda . In the 1993 census, Old Jeshwang was listed as a separate town with 8,480 inhabitants.

geography

The mangrove forest Tanbi Wetland Complex , protected as a nature reserve, connects to the north and west, while Cape Road borders Old Jeshwang to the north. The district of New Jeshwang is neighboring in the south. In the west lies Kanifing , the Jimpex Road represents the border between the two districts. Bakau New Town (or Fajara ), a district of Bakau , is adjacent in the northwest, the border is defined by the Bertil Harding Highway , the eastern direction runs.

Personalities

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, 244 kB, 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 ° 40 ′  W