Banjul

Banjul

city, region of the Gambia

Piiluu	1816
Official language	Bɔrefɔ
Paaloŋ	The Gambia
Capital of	The Gambia
Located in the administrative territorial entity	Greater Banjul Area
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00
Located in or next to body of water	Gambia River, Atlantic Ocean
Coordinate location	13°27′11″N 16°34′39″W
Head of government	Rohey Malick Lowe
Language used	Gambian Wolof
Official website	https://www.banjulcity.gm/
Local dialing code	42

Banjul (UK: /bænˈdʒuːl/, US: /ˈbɑːndʒuːl/), neŋ emmo naŋ e City of Banjul, e la Kapital teŋɛ ko a Gambia. O e la zie ko a eponymous administrative division naŋ be yiriŋ ka a noɔre e 400,000 kpeɛreba, naŋ vɛŋ a Gambia's e kpoŋ kyɛ naŋ taa yagroŋ yaga a metropolitan area. A teŋɛ Banjul bezie la St Mary's Island (Banjul Island), zie na a Gambia River naŋ gaa kpɛ a Atlantic Ocean.

A noba yagroŋ noɔre a teŋɛ poɔ naŋ baŋ e la 31,301, neŋ a Greater Banjul Area, naŋ paale neŋ a City ko Banjul ane a Kanifing Municipal Council, neŋ a noba yagroŋ naŋ e 413,397 (2013 census). A island gaa laŋ ne la mainland te ko a west ane a Greater Banjul Area via bridges. Ferries tagemare ne Banjul ko a mainland a baa lambori kaŋa.

Yi a 19th century te ta 24 April 1973, a teŋɛ meŋ taa la Bathurst.

Climate

Climate data for Banjul (1991-2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.5 (90.5)	33.2 (91.8)	32.9 (91.2)	31.8 (89.2)	31.6 (88.9)	32.3 (90.1)	31.8 (89.2)	31.6 (88.9)	32.1 (89.8)	33.6 (92.5)	34.0 (93.2)	33.1 (91.6)	32.5 (90.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	25.3 (77.5)	25.9 (78.6)	26.3 (79.3)	26.1 (79.0)	26.5 (79.7)	27.5 (81.5)	27.7 (81.9)	27.7 (81.9)	27.9 (82.2)	28.9 (84.0)	28.4 (83.1)	26.6 (79.9)	27.1 (80.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	18.3 (64.9)	18.7 (65.7)	19.9 (67.8)	20.3 (68.5)	21.2 (70.2)	22.7 (72.9)	23.7 (74.7)	23.8 (74.8)	23.7 (74.7)	24.1 (75.4)	22.7 (72.9)	20.1 (68.2)	21.6 (70.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	0.7 (0.03)	0.9 (0.04)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	2.5 (0.10)	54.7 (2.15)	174.8 (6.88)	353.6 (13.92)	244.1 (9.61)	76.4 (3.01)	1.3 (0.05)	0.2 (0.01)	909.2 (35.80)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	3.3	11.4	15.6	13.7	4.4	0.1	0.1	49.0
Average relative humidity (%)	47	47	50	58	67	73	81	85	84	80	69	55	67
Mean monthly sunshine hours	207.7	237.3	266.6	252.0	229.4	201.0	182.9	189.1	183.0	217.0	246.0	210.8	2,622.8
Mean daily sunshine hours	6.7	8.4	8.6	8.4	7.4	6.7	5.9	6.1	6.1	7.0	8.2	6.8	7.2
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization
Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (humidity and sun)

Banjul mean sea temperature

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
22 °C (72 °F)	21 °C (70 °F)	21 °C (70 °F)	22 °C (72 °F)	24 °C (75 °F)	26 °C (79 °F)	27 °C (81 °F)	27 °C (81 °F)	27 °C (81 °F)	27 °C (81 °F)	27 °C (81 °F)	24 °C (75 °F)	25 °C (77 °F)

Desekyere

Districts of Banjul

Banjul Division (Greater Banjul Area) po-eŋ la ziiri ayi. Ana la:

• Banjul
• Kanifing

Nembanne mine

• Gambino Akuboy (dɔgebo 1985), singer & songwriter, actor ane screenwriter.^{[citation needed]}
• Modou Badjie (born 1997), footballer
• Musa Barrow, footballer
• Ebrima Darboe (Born 2001), football player
• Ibrahim Muhammadu Garba-Jahumpa (1912-1994), trade union leader and politician
• Nicolas Jackson, footballer (born in Banjul)

Meŋ kaa nyɛ

• Divisions ko Gambia
• Districts ko Gambia

Bibliography

• Pierre Gomez; Hassoum Ceesay, eds. (2018). A Geocritical Representation of Banjul (Bathurst): 1816–2016. Global Hands Publishing.
• Matthew James Park, Heart of Banjul: The History of Banjul, The Gambia, 1816-1965 Archived 2020-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. PhD dissertation, Michigan State University, 2016.
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Banjul, Gambia". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.

Ziiri mine liŋkiri

• A History of Banjul, PhD thesis