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Entity: | The Gambia | Main prefix: | C5 | Callsigns series: | C5A-C5Z | Time zone: | 0 h | Continent: | Africa | ITU zone: | 46 | CQ zone: | 35 |
The Gambia | Maps: | ![[90 kB]](Mapy/Big/Gambia.gif) | |
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Flag | Flag description | ![Details... [2 kB]](Bazy_danych/Flagi/Miniatury/ga-lgflag.gif) | Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green. |
Gambia, The | Capital: | Banjul
| Administrative divisions: | 5 divisions and 1 city*: Banjul*, Central River, Lower River, North Bank, Upper River, and Western.
| Population: | 1,455,842 (July 2002 est.)
| Languages: | English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
| Geographic coordinates: | 13° 28' N, 16° 34' W | Area total: | 11,300 sq. km
| Land area: | 10,000 sq. km | Water area: | 1,300 sq. km | Total land boundaries: | 740 km | Borders with neighbor countries: | Senegal 740 km
| Coastline: | 80 km
| Elevation extremes: | Atlantic Ocean 0 m - unnamed location 53 m
| Internet country code: | .gm | Currency: | dalasi (GMD)
| Name - conventional long form: | Republic of The Gambia | Name - conventional short form: | The Gambia | Independence: | 18 February 1965 (from UK)
| Constitution: | 24 April 1970, suspended July 1994, rewritten and approved by national referendum 8 August 1996, reestablished in January 1997
| Government type: | republic under multiparty democratic rule
| National holiday: | Independence Day, 18 February (1965)
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