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Republic of The Gambia

Flag of The Gambia
Folaga
Motto: "Progress, Peace, and Prosperity"
Location of The Gambia (dark green) in western Africa
Location of The Gambia (dark green) in western Africa
MošateBanjul
metropolitan area-KgoloSerrekunda
Diteme tsa semmusôEnglish
National languages
Merafe ya Batho
(2024 Population and Housing Census)
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Demonym(s)Gambian
GovernmentUnitary presidential republic
• President
Adama Barrow
Muhammad B.S. Jallow
Fabakary Tombong Jatta
Hassan Bubacar Jallow
LegislatureNational Assembly
Independence from the United Kingdom
• from the United Kingdom
18 February 1965
• dissolution of the Senegambia Confederation
30 September 1989
Fatshe
• Total
11,300[1] km2 (4,400 sq mi) (159th)
• Land
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• Water (%)
11.5
Batho
• 2024 estimate
2,422,712[2]Tempolete:Incomplete citation (144th)
• Bokete
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GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $7.502 billion[3] (166th)
• Per capita
Increase $2,837[3] (175th)
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $2.388 billion[3] (185th)
• Per capita
Increase $903[3] (180th)
MadiGambian dalasi

Lefatshe la The Gambia, le ka semmuso le bidiwang Republic of The Gambia, ke lefatshe le le kwa bophirima jwa Aforika. Lefatshe le ke lone le lennye mo Aforika, le dikaganyeditswe ke lefatshe la Senegal mo dintlheng tsotlhe kwa ntle ga kwa bophirima jwa lone kwa e tlhakanetseng molelwane le lewatle la Atlantic.[8]

Lefatshe le le mo dintlheng tse pedi tsa noka ya Gambia, e e elelang go ralala lefatshe mme e tshela kwa lewatleng la Atlantic. Noka e e tlhakanetseng leina le lefatshe e, e kgaoganya popego ya lefatshe le, e e bophara jwa dikhilomithara di le dikete di le lesome le bongwe, makgolo a mararo, le palo ya batho ba le didikadike tse pedi, dikete di supa, masome a marataro le boferabongwe jaaka go begilwe ka 2024, se e le koketsego ya 47% go tswa kwa ngwageng ya 2013.[9] Toropokgolo ya lefatshe le ke Banjul, e e leng yone e e tlhabologileng thata mo lefatsheng le,[10] e latelwa ke tsa Serekunda le Brikama.

Bagwebi ba lotso lwa Arab ba tumelo ya Islam ba ne ba gweba le batho bantsho ba kwa bophirima mo The Gambia ka dicentury tsa boferabongwe le lesome. Ka ngwaga wa 1455, batho ba lotso lwa Portuguese e ne ya nna bone ba ntlha go tsena mo The Gambia ba tswa Europe, le fa ba ne ba seka ba dira dikgwebo dipe tse di bonalang. Bogosi jwa kwa Britain ba ne ba dira kolone ka ngwaga wa 1765.[11] Ka ngwaga wa 1965, morago ga dingwaga di le makgolo a mabedi, lefatshe la The Gambia le ne la tsaya boipuso le eteletswe pele ke Dawda Jawara. Jawara o ne a nna tautona a fenya ditlhopho di le mmalwa go fitlhelela a thankgolwa ke Yahya Jammeh go sena tshololo ya madi ka ngwaga wa 1994.

Adama Barrow o ne a tlhopiwa go nna tautona wa boraro wa The Gambia ka Morule ngwaga wa 2016, o ne a fenya Yahya Jammeh, ka thuso ya diphathi tsa kganetso tse di neng di itirile seoposengwe.[12] Jammeh o ne a amogela maduo pele, mme morago a gana go tswa mo ofising ka a ne a ipelaetsa gore o tsieditswe, se se na sa kgobera puso. Lekgotla la Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) le ne la tsereganya le dirisa masole mme ba kgona go ntsa Jammeh malatsi a mabedi morago ga go wela ga lobaka lwa puso ya gagwe.[13] [14][15]

Itsholelo ya kwa The Gambia, e ikaegile thata ka temothuo, go tshwara ditlhapi le bojanala. Ka ngwaga wa 2022, 17.2% ya batho ba koo ba ne ba tshelela mo lehumeng le le ngomolang pelo, le lekanngwa le go tshela ka madi a a kwa tlase ga di dolara tsa America di le pedi le metso e le lesome le botlhano ka letsatsi. Lefatshe la The Gambia ke leloko la lekgotla la ECOWAS. Le ne la nna leloko la Commonwealth of Nations gape ka ngwaga wa 2018 morago ga go ikgogela morago ka 2013.[16] Teme ya sekgoa ke yone fela e e tlhomamisitsweng kwa lefatsheng leo; e ne ya dirisiwa thata ka nako ya puso ya Britain.

Leina "Gambia" le tswa mo lefokong la puo ya Mandinka la Kambra kgotsa Kambaa le le rayang noka ya Gambia. (Le ka tswa le dule mo leineng la nkgwana e e faphegileng e e neng e betswa fa mongwe wa bagolo ba morafe wa Serer a tlhokafala, ya Gamba [17]).[18] Batlhotlhomisi ba kwa Portugal ba ba gorogileng kwa kgaolong e ka century ya lesome le botlhano, ba ne ba amogela tiriso ya lefoko le le mabapi, le le neng la ranolelwa kwa go Gambia ka nako ya puso ya ba Britain.[19]

Ka nako ya boipuso ka ngwaga wa 1965, lefatshe le ne le dirisa leina la The Gambia. Morago ga go dumalana gore le ka ikemela ka ngwaga wa 1970, leina la lone e ne ya nna Republic of The Gambia.[20]

Puso ya ga Yahya Jammeh e ne ya fetola leina la lefatshe le go nna Islamic Republic of The Gambia ka Morule ngwaga wa 2015.[21] Ka Firikgong ngwaga wa 2017 a le malatsi a le masome mabedi le boferabongwe, tautona o mosha Adama Barrow o ne a busetsa leina kwa go Republic of The Gambia.[22][23]







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