Senegambia (region)

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Senegambia after a map from 1878
While the map labeling corresponds to the narrow definition of Senegambia, the accompanying book text from 1878 follows the more extensive definition

Senegambia is, in the narrower sense, a historical name for the geographical natural area in West Africa , which lies between the rivers Senegal in the north and the Gambia in the south. However, there is also a text source according to which Senegambia is understood in a broader sense and is equated with the term Western Sudan . According to this reading, the coastal areas between the Senegal Current and Sierra Leone are meant, whereby the inland border in the east is not further defined.

A distinction must be made between the historical and natural Senegambia from the short-lived British crown colony Senegambia , the French colony Senegambia and Niger , as well as from the equally short-lived Confederation Senegambia , a federation of the countries Senegal and Gambia .

The term Senegambia has become dispensable to the extent that the French colony of Senegal, which for a long time did not extend beyond the coastal areas on the Atlantic Ocean and the landscapes on the south bank of Senegal, spread across Senegambia. The term has been preserved by name for the Senegambian stone circles , which have been included in the Unesco World Heritage. The bridge over the Gambia, which opened in 2019, was also named Senegambia Bridge .

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The following geographically or ecogeographically defined landscapes are located between the two eponymous rivers:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London 1878: Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel. Page 111: Western Sudan or Senegambia

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