Barra, Gambia

Place in North Bank Division, The Gambia
13°29′N 16°33′W / 13.483°N 16.550°W / 13.483; -16.550Country The GambiaDivisionNorth Bank DivisionDistrictLower NiumiGovernment
 • Al KaliAlhagi Faye

Barra, traditionally known as Niumi, is a city in The Gambia, located in the district of Lower Niumi.[1][2] The predominant languages of the city are Serer and Wolof.

Although Mandinka-speaking Africans always referred to the state along the north bank of the Gambia River's estuary as Niumi, not everyone did. For a long time it was called "Barra" in the creolized trade language of the river, and between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries British and French records use "Barra" or "Bar" more frequently than "Niumi".

See also

  • Niumi National Park

References

  1. ^ "Barra Town, Gambia". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ^ Wright, Donald R. (1997). The World and a Very Small Place in Africa. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 1-56324-959-6.

External links

Media related to Barra (Gambia) at Wikimedia Commons

13°29′N 16°33′W / 13.483°N 16.550°W / 13.483; -16.550

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