Central River Division
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Key facts
- Country
- Gambia
- Capital
- Janjanbureh
- Total
- 2,894.3 km (1,117.5 sq mi)
- Density
- 78.091/km (202.25/sq mi)
- Area code
- (+220) 5
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- The Gambia
- Located in
- The Gambia
- Area
- 2894.3
- Shares border with
- Kolda
- Image
- 1014088-Georgetown slave house-The Gambia.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Central River is the largest of the five regions of the Gambia. Its capital is Janjanbureh (formerly Georgetown), on MacCarthy Island. The largest settlement is Bansang, with an estimated population in 2008 of 8,381.
Until 1995 the division was known as MacCarthy Island Division, which had been established as one of five administrative areas of Gambia Protectorate in the early 20th century. It is located on both sides of the Gambia River, and its total population according to the 2013 census is 226,018. The total number of households is 17,399 as of 2003. As of 2003, the total area of the region is 2894.3 km.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Central River Division” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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