The Gambie
The Republic o The Gambie, commonly kent as The Gambie, or Gambie, is a kintra in Wastren Africae.
The Gambie is the smawest kintra on mainland Africae, bordered tae the north, east, an sooth bi Senegal, wi a sma coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the wast.
Republic o The Gambie | |
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 Banner  Coat o airms | |
Motto: "Progress, Peace, Prosperity" | |
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| Caipital | Banjul 13°28′N 16°36′W / 13.467°N 16.600°W 16°36′W / 13.467°N 16.600°W |
| Lairgest ceety | Serekunda |
| Offeecial leids | Inglis |
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| Demonym(s) | Gambian |
| Govrenment | Unitar presidential republic |
• President | Adama Barrow |
• Vice President | Isatou Touray |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly |
| Unthirldom | |
• frae the Unitit Kinrick | 18 Februar 1965 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 10,689 km2 (4,127 sq mi) (159t) |
• Water (%) | 11.5 |
| Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 2,051,363 (146) |
• 2013 census | 1,857,181 |
• Density | 176.1/km2 (456.1/sq mi) (74t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $3.582 billion |
• Per capita | $1,686 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $1.038 billion |
• Per capita | $488 |
| Gini (1998) | 50.2 heich |
| HDI (2015) |  0.452law · 173rd |
| Currency | Dalasi (GMD) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Daylicht Saving Time is nae observed | |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +220 |
| ISO 3166 code | GM |
| Internet TLD | .gm |
Its borders roughly correspond tae the path o the Gambie River, the naition's namesake, at flows through the kintra's centre an empties intae the Atlantic Ocean. Its size is amaist 10,500 km² wi an estimatit population o 1,700,000.
On 18 Februar 1965, The Gambie wis grantit unthrildom frae the Unitit Kinrick an joined The Commonwealth. Banjul is The Gambie's caipital, but the lairgest conurbation is Serekunda.
The Gambie shares historical ruits wi mony ither wast African naitions in the slave trade, at wis key tae the maintenance o a colony on the Gambie river, first bi the Portuguese an later bi the Breetish. Since gainin unthrildom in 1965, the Gambie haes enjoyed relative stability, wi the exception o a brief period o military rule in 1994.
An agriculturally rich kintra, its economy is dominatit bi farmin, fishin, an tourism. Aboot a third o the population live belaw the internaitional poverty line o US$1.25 a day.
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