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Farafenni or Farafegni is a town in the Gambia, lying on the Trans-Gambia Highway in the North Bank Division, just south of the border with Senegal.[1]

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  1. 15 relations: Bristol, Districts of the Gambia, Fula language, John Cabot Academy, Kukoi Sanyang, Mandinka language, Market town, North Bank Division, Senegal, Senegambia bridge, Subdivisions of the Gambia, The Gambia, Trans-Gambia Highway, United Kingdom, Wolof language.

  2. North Bank Division
  3. The Gambia–Senegal border crossings

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Districts of the Gambia

The Gambia is subdivided into 43 districts.

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Fula language

Fula,Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh also known as Fulani or Fulah (Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; Adlam: 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪; Ajami: ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ, ݒُلَارْ, بُۛلَر), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 18 countries in West and Central Africa.

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John Cabot Academy

John Cabot Academy (formerly John Cabot CTC) is one of 15 City Technology Colleges that first opened for students in the 1993/1994 academic year.

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Kukoi Sanyang

Kukoi Samba Sanyang (1952 – 18 June 2013) was a Gambian politician and leader of the unsuccessful 1981 coup d'état against the government of Dawda Jawara.

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Mandinka language

The Mandinka language (Ajami: مَانْدِينْكَا كَانْجَوْ), or Mandingo, is a Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of Guinea, northern Guinea-Bissau, the Casamance region of Senegal, and in The Gambia where it is one of the principal languages.

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Market town

A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.

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North Bank Division

North Bank was one of the five administrative divisions of the Gambia.

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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Senegambia bridge

The Senegambia bridge, also known as the Trans-Gambia Bridge, is a bridge in The Gambia that carries the Trans-Gambia Highway connecting northern and southern Gambia.

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Subdivisions of the Gambia

The Gambia is divided into five administrative Regions (until 2007 these were known as "divisions") and one City.

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The Gambia

The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa.

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Trans-Gambia Highway

The Trans-Gambia Highway is a major highway in The Gambia, running across the centre of the nation in a north–south direction.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Wolof language

Wolof (Wolof làkk, وࣷلࣷفْ لࣵکّ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by the Wolof people in much of West African subregion of Senegambia that is split between the countries of Senegal, Mauritania, and the Gambia.

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See also

North Bank Division

The Gambia–Senegal border crossings

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farafenni

Also known as Jigimar.