Editing Banjul

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'''Banjul''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|b|æ|n|ˈ|dʒ|uː|l}},<ref name=Collins>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/banjul|title=Banjul|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412083754/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/banjul|archive-date=April 12, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Oxford>{{Cite web |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Banjul |title=Banjul |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412083805/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/banjul |archive-date=12 April 2019}} (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Banjul |title=Banjul |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182231/https://www.lexico.com/definition/banjul |archive-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|b|ɑː|n|dʒ|uː|l}}),<ref name=Collins/><ref name=Oxford/><ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Banjul|access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Banjul|access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref> officially the '''City of Banjul''', is the [[capital city]] of [[The Gambia]]. It is the centre of the eponymous administrative division which is home to an estimated 400,000 residents, making it The Gambia's largest and most densely populated [[metropolitan area]]. The city Banjul is located on St Mary's Island (Banjul Island), where the [[Gambia River]] enters the [[Atlantic Ocean]].

The population of the city proper is 31,301, with the '''Greater Banjul Area''', which includes the City of Banjul and the [[Kanifing]] Municipal Council, at a population of 413,397 (2013 census).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbos.gov.gm/uploads/census/The%20Gambia%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%202013%20Provisional%20Report.pdf |title=The Gambia 2013 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results |publisher=Gambia Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2017-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713114612/http://www.gbos.gov.gm/uploads/census/The%20Gambia%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%202013%20Provisional%20Report.pdf |archive-date=2018-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The island is connected to the mainland to the west and the rest of Greater Banjul Area via bridges. There are also ferries linking Banjul to the mainland at the other side of the river.

From the 19th century until 24 April 1973, the city was known as '''Bathurst'''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gambia.com/gambia-the-post-colonial-period-part-iii/|title=Gambia: The Post-Colonial Period, Part III|publisher=Gambia|language=English|accessdate=11 December 2022}}</ref>

==Etymology==
There are several etymologies for 'Banjul.' One traditional history recounts that Bandjougou, son of Barafin, came to the island after fleeing the attacks of [[Soumaoro Kante]] on the [[Manding region]]. His name became attached to the island, and over time changed to 'Bandjoulou'.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mane |first1=Daouda |editor1-last=Fall |editor1-first=Mamadou |editor2-last=Fall |editor2-first=Rokhaya |editor3-last=Mane |editor3-first=Mamadou |title=Bipolarisation du Senegal du XVIe - XVIIe siecle |date=2021 |publisher=HGS Editions |location=Dakar |page=251 |language=French |chapter=La Question des Origines et de l'Emergence de l'Etat de Kaabu}}</ref>
Another theory claims that Banjul takes its name from ''Bang julo'', the [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]] word for [[rope]] fibre that the [[Mandinka people]] gathered on the island.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Banjul |url=https://afrolegends.com/tag/banjul/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=African Heritage |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:1824 Bathurst Sketch.png|thumb|left|A sketch of Bathurst, published in 1824]]

[[File:Senior Medical Officers' quarters in Bathurst, Gambia. Photo Wellcome V0029239.jpg|thumb|left|Senior Medical Officers' quarters in Bathurst, Gambia. Photograph, c. 1911.]]

[[File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-8321160-bathurst.jpg|thumb|left|Bathurst [Banjul] 1:2,500 (6.6 MB) and city center Surveyed in 1910-11 and partly Revised in 1918 by W.F. Crook, reprinted by Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army War College 1941]]

[[File:Banjul-Arch22-And-Statue-2007.jpg|thumb|[[Arch 22]] at the entrance to Banjul. The statue of the former president [[Yahya Jammeh]] was removed following democratic elections in 2016.]]
In 1651, Banjul was leased by [[Jacob Kettler|the Duke of Courland and Semigallia]] ([[German language|German]]: ''[[Herzog]] von Kurland und Semgallen'') from the King of [[Kombo]], as part of the [[Couronian colonization]].<ref name="HughesPerfect2008-43">{{cite book|author1=Arnold Hughes|author2=David Perfect|title=Historical Dictionary of The Gambia|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0C1eWHq8LZ4C&pg=PA43|year=2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6260-9|pages=43–4|chapter=Courland, Duchy Of}}</ref>

On 23 April 1816, [[Tumani Bojang]], the [[King of Kombo]], ceded [[Banjul Island]] to [[Alexander Grant (British Army officer)|Alexander Grant]], the British commandant, in exchange for an annual fee of 103 iron bars. Grant's expedition, consisting of 75 men and tasked with establishing a military garrison, had been ordered by [[Charles MacCarthy (British Army officer)|Charles MacCarthy]].<ref name="saho">{{cite book |last1=Saho |first1=Bala |title=Contours of Change: Muslim Courts, Women, and Islamic Society in Colonial Bathurst, the Gambia, 1905-1965 |date=2018 |publisher=Michigan State University Press |location=East Lansing |isbn=9781611862669 |pages=45–51}}</ref> Grant founded Banjul as a trading post and base, constructing houses and barracks for controlling entrance to the Gambia estuary and suppressing the [[History of slavery|slave trade]].<ref name=HistoryOfBanjul>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessgambia.com/information/banjul-history.html |title=History of Banjul |publisher=Accessgambia.com |access-date=2012-10-29}}</ref> The British renamed Banjul Island as St. Mary's Island and named the new town Bathurst, after [[Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst|the 3rd Earl Bathurst]], [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]] at the time.<ref name="HughesPerfect2008-15"/> Streets were laid out in a modified grid pattern, and named after Allied generals at the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. The town became the centre of British activity in the [[Gambia Colony and Protectorate]].<ref name="HughesPerfect2008-15">{{cite book|author1=Arnold Hughes|author2=David Perfect|title=Historical Dictionary of The Gambia|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0C1eWHq8LZ4C&pg=PA15|year=2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6260-9|pages=15–16|chapter=Banjul}}</ref>


Within a few years of its establishment, the town started attracting migrants. Its population consisted of Africans of various origins, [[Levant]]ines (Syrians, Lebanese) as well as Europeans (English, French, Portuguese). A majority of the population was Muslim but there was a significant Christian minority, including the [[Gambian Creole people|Aku inhabitants]]. The majority of the Africans consisted of [[Wolof people]], whose population rose from 829 in 1881 to 3,666 in 1901 and then 10,130 in 1944. They had mainly hailed from [[Gorée]] and [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]]. The [[Mandinka people|Mandinka]] were the second largest African group, followed by the [[Jola people|Jola]] as well as the [[Fula people|Fula]]. The [[Serer people]] make up 3.5% of the country's demographics.<ref>CIA World Fact: Gambia [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gambia-the/summaries/] (retrieved 13 April 2024)</ref> Islamic schools called ''dara'' were founded in Bathurst from its early years, resulting in the foundation of the first Muslim court in 1905, in addition to the increasingly more sophisticated British legal framework.<ref name="saho"/>

Bathurst was officially declared the capital of the [[Gambia Colony and Protectorate|Protectorate of the Gambia]] in 1889, leading to an increase in population. Through the 20th century, it became an even greater attraction for Gambians due to the availability of jobs fuelled by British colonial activities as well as social activities such as cinemas. Young men from rural farming villages would move to Bathurst to work at the Public Works Department (established in 1922) or docks. The town was an important Allied naval and air hub during [[World War II]], resulting in an increase in population from 14,370 in 1931 to 21,154 in 1944.<ref name="saho"/>


After independence, the town's name was changed to Banjul in 1973.<ref name=HistoryOfBanjul/> On 22 July 1994, Banjul was the scene of a bloodless military [[1994 Gambian coup d'état|coup d'état]] in which President Sir [[Dawda Jawara]] was overthrown and replaced by [[Yahya Jammeh]]. To commemorate this event, [[Arch 22]] was built as an entrance portal to the capital. The gate is 35 metres tall and stands at the centre of an open square. It houses a [[textile]] [[museum]].

==Climate==

Banjul features hot weather year round. Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Banjul features a [[tropical wet and dry climate]] (''Aw''). The city features a lengthy [[dry season]], spanning from November to May and a relatively short [[wet season]] covering the remaining five months. However, during those five months, Banjul tends to see heavy rainfall. August is usually the rainiest month, with on average {{convert|350|mm|in|0|disp=or}} of rainfall. Maximum temperatures are somewhat constant, though morning minima tend to be hotter during the wet season than the dry season.

According to a Gambian government minister, Banjul is at risk of submerging under water by a metre rise in sea levels as a result of climate change and global warming.<ref>{{Citation| url = http://allafrica.com/stories/201208130585.html| title= Gambia: Banjul Risks Sinking As Sea Level Rises|date=13 August 2012| work = [[AllAfrica]]| publication-place = Africa| access-date = 11 October 2012|via=The Daily Observer}}</ref>

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 | Jan high C = 32.5
 | Feb high C = 33.2
 | Mar high C = 32.9
 | Apr high C = 31.8
 | May high C = 31.6
 | Jun high C = 32.3
 | Jul high C = 31.8
 | Aug high C = 31.6
 | Sep high C = 32.1
 | Oct high C = 33.6
 | Nov high C = 34.0
 | Dec high C = 33.1
 | year high C = 32.5

 | Jan mean C = 25.3
 | Feb mean C = 25.9
 | Mar mean C = 26.3
 | Apr mean C = 26.1
 | May mean C = 26.5
 | Jun mean C = 27.5
 | Jul mean C = 27.7
 | Aug mean C = 27.7
 | Sep mean C = 27.9
 | Oct mean C = 28.9
 | Nov mean C = 28.4
 | Dec mean C = 26.6
 | year mean C = 27.1

 | Jan low C = 18.3
 | Feb low C = 18.7
 | Mar low C = 19.9
 | Apr low C = 20.3
 | May low C = 21.2
 | Jun low C = 22.7
 | Jul low C = 23.7
 | Aug low C = 23.8
 | Sep low C = 23.7
 | Oct low C = 24.1
 | Nov low C = 22.7
 | Dec low C = 20.1
 | year low C = 21.6

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 | Jan precipitation mm = 0.7
 | Feb precipitation mm = 0.9
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 | May precipitation mm = 2.5
 | Jun precipitation mm = 54.7
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 | Sep precipitation mm = 244.1
 | Oct precipitation mm = 76.4
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 | Sep precipitation days = 13.7
 | Oct precipitation days = 4.4
 | Nov precipitation days = 0.1
 | Dec precipitation days = 0.1
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|Mar humidity = 50
|Apr humidity = 58
|May humidity = 67
|Jun humidity = 73
|Jul humidity = 81
|Aug humidity = 85
|Sep humidity = 84
|Oct humidity = 80
|Nov humidity = 69
|Dec humidity = 55
|year humidity = 67
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|Aprd sun = 8.4
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|Augd sun = 6.1
|Sepd sun = 6.1
|Octd sun = 7.0
|Novd sun = 8.2
|Decd sun = 6.8
|yeard sun = 7.2
|source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
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|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Banjul
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 4, 2024}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]] (humidity and sun)<ref name="DWD">{{cite web|title=Klimatafel von Banjul-Yundum (Flugh.) / Gambia|url=http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_617010_kt.pdf|publisher=Deutscher Wetterdienst|work=Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world|language=de|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
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=== Climate change ===

A 2019 paper published in [[PLOS One]] estimated that under [[Representative Concentration Pathway#4.5|Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5]], a "moderate" scenario of [[climate change]] where global warming reaches ~{{convert|2.5-3|C-change|F-change}} by 2100, the climate of Banjul in the year 2050 would most closely resemble the current climate of [[Bamako]] in [[Mali]]. The annual temperature would increase by {{convert|2|C-change|F-change}}, and the temperature of the warmest month by {{convert|3.3|C-change|F-change}}, while the temperature of the coldest month would actually decrease by {{convert|1.2|C-change|F-change}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bastin |first1=Jean-Francois |last2=Clark |first2=Emily |last3=Elliott |first3=Thomas |last4=Hart |first4=Simon |last5=van den Hoogen |first5=Johan |last6=Hordijk |first6=Iris |last7=Ma |first7=Haozhi |last8=Majumder |first8=Sabiha |last9=Manoli |first9=Gabriele |last10=Maschler |first10=Julia |last11=Mo |first11=Lidong |last12=Routh |first12=Devin |last13=Yu |first13=Kailiang |last14=Zohner |first14=Constantin M. |last15=Thomas W. |first15=Crowther |title=Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues |journal=PLOS ONE |date=10 July 2019 |volume=14 |issue=7 |at=S2 Table. Summary statistics of the global analysis of city analogues. |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0217592 |pmid=31291249 |pmc=6619606 |bibcode=2019PLoSO..1417592B |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://crowtherlab.pageflow.io/cities-of-the-future-visualizing-climate-change-to-inspire-action |title=Cities of the future: visualizing climate change to inspire action |at=Current vs. future cities |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref> According to [[Climate Action Tracker]], the current warming trajectory appears consistent with {{convert|2.7|C-change|F-change}}, which closely matches RCP 4.5.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://climateactiontracker.org/global/cat-thermometer/ |title=The CAT Thermometer |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>

==Districts==

[[File:Banjul districts.png|thumb|Districts of Banjul]]

Banjul Division (Greater Banjul Area) is divided into two districts:
*[[Banjul District|Banjul]]
*[[Kanifing District|Kanifing]]

==Economy==

Banjul is the country's economic and administrative centre and includes the [[Central Bank of the Gambia]]. [[Peanut]] processing is the country's principal industry, but [[beeswax]], [[Arecaceae|palm wood]], [[palm oil]], and skins and hides are also shipped from the port of Banjul.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5459.htm |title=Gambia, The |publisher=State.gov |date=2012-07-03 |access-date=2012-10-29}}</ref>

Banjul is also the home of the [[Gambia Technical Training Institute]]. GTTI is engaged in a partnership with non-profit organization [[Power Up Gambia]] to develop a [[solar energy]] training program.

==Transport==
The primary method of reaching the city by land is by road. A highway connects Banjul to [[Serrekunda]] which crosses the [[Denton Bridge (Gambia)|Denton Bridge]], however [[Ferry|ferries]] provide another mode of transportation.<ref name="Gambia">{{cite web | title=Denton Bridge bridge, Banjul, Gambia | website=Gambia | url=http://gm.geoview.info/denton_bridge,2412327 | access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref> As of May 2014, ferries sail regularly from Banjul across the [[Gambia River]] to [[Barra, Gambia|Barra]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Africa/The_Gambia/Transportation-The_Gambia-TG-C-1.html |title=Virtual Tourist, The Gambia Transportation |access-date=2014-05-18 |archive-date=2015-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908064652/http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Africa/The_Gambia/Transportation-The_Gambia-TG-C-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city is served by the [[Banjul International Airport]]. Banjul is on the [[Trans–West African Coastal Highway]] connecting it to [[Dakar]] and [[Bissau]], which will eventually provide a paved highway link to 11 other nations of the [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS).{{CN|date=February 2024}}
<gallery>
File:Gambia & Senegal 2009 (3686723627).jpg|Banjul ferry
File:Banjul International Airport.jpg|Banjul International Airport
</gallery>

== Culture ==

Attractions in the city include the [[Gambian National Museum]], the [[Albert Market]], [[Banjul State House]], [[Banjul Court House]], African Heritage Museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.happytellus.com/banjul/gambia |title=Banjul Travel information |work=HappyTellus|date=2009-06-14 |access-date=2012-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004124556/http://www.happytellus.com/banjul/gambia |archive-date=2012-10-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Sport===

Banjul is the destination of the [[Plymouth-Banjul Challenge]], a charity road rally.

===Education===

The [[University of the Gambia]] was founded in 1999.

====International schools====

* [[Banjul American Embassy School]]

* [[École Française de Banjul]] in [[Bakau]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=École française de Banjul|url=https://www.aefe.fr/reseau-scolaire-mondial/rechercher-un-etablissement/gambie-banjul-bakau-ecole-francaise-de-banjul |website=[[Agency for French Teaching Abroad]] (AEFE) |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>
* Maarif International School (Greater Banjul Area)
* [[Marina International School]] (Greater Banjul Area)
* SBEC International School (Greater Banjul Area)
* British International School The Gambia ( Greater Banjul Area)

===Places of worship===

The [[places of worship]] are predominantly [[Islam|Muslim]] mosques. There are also [[Christianity|Christian]] churches and congregations: [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Banjul]] ([[Catholic Church]]), [[Church of the Province of West Africa]] ([[Anglican Communion]]), [[Assemblies of God]].<ref>J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, ''Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 1172</ref>

==Notable people==

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*[[Gambino Akuboy]] (born 1985), singer & songwriter, actor and screenwriter
*[[Musa Barrow]], footballer
*[[Ebrima Darboe]] (Born 2001), football player
*[[Ibrahim Muhammadu Garba-Jahumpa]] (1912-1994), trade union leader and politician
*[[Nicolas Jackson]], footballer (born in Banjul)

==See also==

*[[Divisions of the Gambia]]
*[[Districts of the Gambia]]
{{Portal|The Gambia}}

==Bibliography==

* {{cite book|title=A Geocritical Representation of Banjul (Bathurst): 1816–2016 |editor1=Pierre Gomez |editor2=Hassoum Ceesay |editor2-link=Hassoum Ceesay |year=2018 |publisher=Global Hands Publishing}}
* Matthew James Park, [https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/3904/datastream/OBJ/download/HEART_OF_BANJUL___THE_HISTORY_OF_BANJUL__THE_GAMBIA__1816_-1965.pdf Heart of Banjul: The History of Banjul, The Gambia, 1816-1965] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726143224/https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/3904/datastream/OBJ/download/HEART_OF_BANJUL___THE_HISTORY_OF_BANJUL__THE_GAMBIA__1816_-1965.pdf |date=2020-07-26 }}. PhD dissertation, Michigan State University, 2016.
* {{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History |editor1= Paul Tiyambe Zeleza |editor1-link=Paul Tiyambe Zeleza |editor2= Dickson Eyoh |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0415234794 |year=2003 |chapter= Banjul, Gambia}}

==External links==

{{Commons category|Banjul}}
{{Wikivoyage|Banjul}}
*[https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/3904/datastream/OBJ/View/ A History of Banjul, PhD thesis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223123309/https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/3904/datastream/OBJ/View/ |date=2023-02-23 }}

==References==
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