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(Redirected from Barra, the Gambia) Place in North Bank Division, The Gambia
Barra
Arriving at Barra by ferryArriving at Barra by ferry
Barra is located in The GambiaBarraBarraLocation in the Gambia
Coordinates: 13°29′N 16°33′W / 13.483°N 16.550°W / 13.483; -16.550
Country The Gambia
DivisionNorth Bank Division
DistrictLower Niumi
Government
 • Al KaliAlhagi Faye

Barra, traditionally known as Niumi, is a city in The Gambia, located in the district of Lower Niumi. 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

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

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

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