Sankulay Kunda

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Sankulay Kunda
Former ferry north of Sankulay Kunda (2009)
Former ferry north of Sankulay Kunda (2009)
Coordinates: 13 ° 31 ′  N , 14 ° 46 ′  W
Map: Gambia
marker
Region: Central River
District: Fulladu West
Residents: 799 (2013)

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Sankulay Kunda (spelling variant: Sankuli Kunda , Sankule Kunda ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .

According to a calculation for 2013, there are around 799 inhabitants, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 559.

geography

Sankulay Kunda is located on the southern bank of the Gambia River in the Central River Region , Fulladu West District . The place is on the road that branches off from South Bank Road to the north, at Yero Beri Kunda , to Janjanbureh . The connection to Janjanbureh on Janjanbureh Island has so far been made via a ferry, and the Sankulay Kunda Bridge has enabled a connection to the island since mid-2011 .

Culture and sights

Monument to the chinese (2009)

Taiwan was the first Asian country to recognize independence from Gambia. In the 1960s they sent an agricultural expert, Frank D. Lee, to be the main pioneer in leading the technical team developing the irrigation system in the Central River Region. Lee died in 1966 after an illness, in his honor a bust was erected on a pedestal on the road to Janjanbureh .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sankulay Kunda on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
  2. ^ LC Online Catalog - Titles List . 2005, ISBN 0-333-91409-0 .
  3. ^ Another friend from Africa - Taiwan Today. In: taiwantoday.tw. Taiwan Today, 1972, accessed June 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ GAPP applauds Ambassador Chen - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. Retrieved June 16, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Wereldwijzer reisgids Gambia . Elmar BV, Uitgeverij, 2013, ISBN 978-90-389-2102-0 , pp. 243 ( limited preview in Google Book search).