GM · Curated travel guide
Senegambian stone circles, Abuko Nature Reserve, Kunta Kinteh Island and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Gambia and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets.
Archaeological site in Senegal and the Gambia
Also called the Wassu stone circles, groups of megalithic stone circles in central Senegal and in the Gambia north of Janjanbureh, spread over an area of 30,000 km² (12,000 sq mi). They are sometimes split into Sine-Saloum (Senegalese) and Wassu (Gambian) circles, but only along national lines.
Photo: shaunamullally, CC BY-SA 2.0
Nature reserve in the Gambia
Properly Abuko National Park, a nature reserve in the Gambia south of Abuko town, the country's first designated wildlife reserve and a popular tourist sight.
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0
Island in the lower Gambia River
Once called James Island and St Andrew's Island, an island in the Gambia River near Juffureh, Republic of the Gambia, 30 km (19 mi) upstream from the mouth, with Fort James standing on it.
Photo: Jose Canedo, CC BY-SA 1.0
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Mosque in Serekunda, Gambia
Serekunda's chief mosque, in The Gambia.
Photo: jaria @ Mapillary.com, CC BY-SA 4.0
Forest park in the Gambia
Often called Monkey Park, a Gambian forest park on the coast in Kombo Saint Mary District, about 11 km west of Banjul.
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0
City gate in Banjul, the Gambia
A commemorative arch on the road into Banjul, the Gambia, put up in 1996 to mark the coup d'état of 22 July 1994, when Yahya Jammeh and his Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council toppled President Sir Dawda Jawara's democratically elected government.
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bridge in Gambia and Yelitenda, Gambia
Also called the Trans-Gambia Bridge, a bridge in The Gambia carrying the Trans-Gambia Highway between the country's north and south. It also links Casamance, an isolated province, with the rest of Senegal.
Photo: Wmtribe2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum & Crocodile Pool
A sacred crocodile pool in the middle of Bakau, Gambia, about 10 miles (16km) from Banjul, the capital, and one of three such pools where fertility rituals are held.
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0
Church in Banjul, Gambia
Also called simply Banjul Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church in Banjul, capital of the African country of Gambia.
Photo: uploader Atamari has eMail-contact with the photograph „ sachara “, CC BY-SA 3.0
Road in The Gambia and Senegal
A major Gambian highway crossing the middle of the country from north to south.
Photo: Radosław Botev, Attribution
Officially the Republic of The Gambia, a West African country and the smallest in continental Africa. Senegal surrounds it on every side but the west, where it meets the Atlantic.
Officially The Republic of The Gambia.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
This guide lists 10: Senegambian stone circles, Abuko Nature Reserve, Kunta Kinteh Island and Pipeline Mosque and others.
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Gambia that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
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