Gambia (historically)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gambia_(historically)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:abolished 1970
gptkbp:area about 11,295 km²
gptkbp:becameRepublic 1970
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Senegal
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Bathurst
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Gambian_pound
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_The_Gambia_(historical)
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:Elizabeth_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gambia (historically)
gptkbp:independenceDate 1965
gptkbp:joinedCommonwealth 1965
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population about 500,000 (1965)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:British_Gambia
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Dawda_Jawara
gptkbp:river Gambia River
gptkbp:successor The Gambia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Defaced_Blue_Ensign
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7