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The Gambia Key Facts (2026)
Country profile context to support daily The Gambia news headlines and newspaper monitoring.
- Capital City
- Banjul
- Population
- 2.6 million
- Area
- 11,295 km2
- Currency
- GMD
- Languages
- en
- Calling Code
- +220
- Internet TLD
- .gm
Facts source: GeoFactbook country profile.
Resources
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