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Friday, February 18, 2011

The Gambia

The Gambia is a small country in Africa completely surrounded by Senegal. It has funny borders since it was draw up by the French and English during colonial times. The borders are defined around The Gambia River. In the last 30 years the country has had a lot of coups.



Continent: Africa
Population: 1,700,000
HDI Rank: 168th
Neighbors: Surrounded by Senegal


Arch 22 - Celebrates a military coup

Gambia River Delta

The Gambian Coastline

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21 comments:

  1. S.S.February 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    wow, looks so beautiful...

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  2. Every DayFebruary 18, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    everytime I read or hear Africa, shakira starts singing in my head.

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  3. Layman ResearcherFebruary 18, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Beautiful region marred by politics

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    i love the tricolor

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    The 2 last fotos are awesome man, keep it coming please.

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  6. Chris C.February 18, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    It looks like a beautiful place.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Looks amazing! :) Love the blog, following and supporting man!

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  8. GarthFebruary 18, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    it would be a nice country to vacation in. No matter where u go your never far from the water.

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  9. helelsjsFebruary 18, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    these short lessons would have been a big help a few semesters ago during my sub-Saharan Africa class.

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  10. Lendo KharFebruary 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    That image from the delta is gorgeus.

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  11. Electric AddictFebruary 18, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    really cool stuff

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  12. The Bluest MageFebruary 18, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    Bordered by rivers? Probably fighting because they ran out of river-front property.

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  13. cooperlifeFebruary 18, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    funny borders are funny.

    all 1,700,000 people are laughing.

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    that picture of the Delta is gorgeous!

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  15. Jok3rFebruary 18, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Looks great, nice blog you have here, very useful!

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  16. AdamFebruary 18, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    cool looking country

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    Excellent idea for a blog. Get my geography on.

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  18. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    I like that first picture. It's a shame that a country is so unstable. Must suck for the people.

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  19. GFebruary 19, 2011 at 2:16 AM

    Never been - but looks cool

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  20. PatwaFebruary 19, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    mmm this country looks lovely <3

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  21. musicman37February 24, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    It's cool to read about new ones every day

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