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Banjul

Capital of The Gambia

Watercolour of Banjul, The Gambia. Banjul as a low, compact city on St Mary’s Island at the mouth of the Gambia River, with a flat estuarine horizon. Featuring Arch 22 and Albert Market.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Arch 22; Albert Market; King Fahad Mosque; The old Bathurst street grid; Use
Viewpoint
Use a modestly elevated view from the western approach near Arch 22 toward the island city and estuary, placing the familiar gateway within the wider low-rise capital instead of presenting it as an isolated national symbol.
Palette
Muted botanical green should predominate in the actual scattered trees and distant wetland vegetation, with blue-grey estuary water and slate-grey roofs leaving the central city visibly built-up rather than falsely lush.
Guarded against
Avoid making Banjul look like Dakar with a prominent modern coastal skyline, the resort strip of nearby Senegambia, or a dune-ringed Saharan town.
Population37,274Wikidata: 31,356
Coordinates13.45°N, 16.58°W
Elevation0 m
Area12 km²
Time zoneAfrica/BanjulUTC+0
Solar noon13:06clock runs 1.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Banjul and you surface nearest to Kirakira, Solomon Islands — 371 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

DakarSN166 km
ToubaSN174 km
BissauGW206 km
NouakchottMR520 km
CamayenneGN537 km
ConakryGN537 km
FreetownSL661 km
PraiaCV765 km

Twinned cities

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