Brikama
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Place details
- Locality
- Brikama
- Region
- West Coast
- Country
- Gambia
- Population
- 97,233
- Timezone
- Africa/Banjul
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Brikama
- Settlement.nickname
- Satey Ba
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Brikama Nyambai Road.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Nyambai Road
- Settlement.image_map
- OpenStreetMap Brikama 2017-04-08.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Gambia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Gambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- The Gambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Brikama Local Government Area
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 77,700
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Buy
Brikama is known for wood carving and for its musicians.
Sleep
Brikama is more a stopover and transportation hub and hardly any tourist stay overnight in town. However, there are still a few hotels and lodges available in town. The best room standards can be found outside of the centre of town.
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Ziguinchor, Senegal. From there you can continue to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau's capital. Take the 'sept place' first to Selety, Senegal. The price is 65 GD plus 25 GD for one piece of baggage. From Selety, take another 'sept place' to Ziguinchor. The price is 2,500 CFA plus 500 CFA for one piece of baggage.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|right|Location of the Brikama Local Government Area in the Gambia
Brikama is one of the largest cities in the Gambia. It is also called 'Satey Ba' by the locals, meaning "big town". It lies southwest of the country's capital, Banjul. Brikama is the headquarters of the Brikama Local Government Area (formerly the Western Division), and is the largest city in the region containing over twenty five wards with a population of over 100,000. As per the 2013 census, the population of Brikama LGA is 730,895.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brikama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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