GAMBIA -SENEGAL- AT A GLANCE

• Official name: Republic of Gambia

• Head of State: President Adama Barrow

• National Day: 18th of February (Gambia-1965)

• Capital: Banjul

• Area: About 1,300 square kilometres

• Land boundaries: 15 to 30 miles (25 to 50 km)

• Sea boundaries: 50-mile territorial sea: 150-mile territorial sea

• River boundaries: is a major river in West Africa, running 1,120 kilometres (700 mi)

• Border countries: Senegal, mali, Guinea,burkina faso,

• Climate: Tropical.

• Natural resources: laterite, titanium, rutile, ilmenite, tin, zircon, and silica sand

• Land use (Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1975):

• Arable land:0000 (0.00%)

• Meadows and pastures: 0000 (0.00%)

• Forest and woodland: around 45 ha, 110 acres;(%)

• Other: 0,00 (0.00%)

• Irrigated land: 0,000 (0.00%)

• Agricultural products:groundnut, cotton, sesame and horticulture.

• Population: UN estimates the July 1, 2020 population at 2,416,668

• Population growth rate: 3.2 % (2020)

• Religions: Muslims constitute 96 percent of the population of the Gambia

• Languages:Mandingo, Fula, Wolof.

• Literacy (2020): - 41.95%

• Currency: Gambian dalasi

• GDP: $493 (2020)

• GDP per capita: 809.40 US (2020)

• GDP growth rate: 5.4% (2020)

• Total Imports: $ 664.9m

• Total Exports: $118M – 2018

• Foreign Direct Investment: UNCTAD’s Investment Policy Review (IPR

• Industries: The tourism sector remains extremely important to the nation's economy. Manufacturing. The manufacturing industry in the country is limited to SMEs whose products are mainly meant to supply

• Electricity: Distribution via 5 radial 11-kilo volt (kv) feeders and three 33 kv feeders that form a ring in the GBA

• Transportation:

• Railways networks: 0.00

• Road networks: 0.00

• Ports: The Gambia Ports Authority

• Airports: Banjul International Airport (BJL)