town · KanifingAbukoA named Kanifing settlement in the 2013 directory; the government also names Abuko Nature Reserve as a separate visitor place.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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Suggest a missing communitytown · KanifingAbukoA named Kanifing settlement in the 2013 directory; the government also names Abuko Nature Reserve as a separate visitor place.
village · North BankAlbredaA riverside village with the remains of a Portuguese chapel and the CFAO warehouse building in the World Heritage ensemble.Image details: Archive image · 1997-02-22 · Leonora (Ellie) Enking
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town · KanifingBakauThe 2013 directory separately records Bakau New Town and Bakau Wasulun rather than one undifferentiated Bakau count.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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city · BanjulBanjulThe island capital, known as Bathurst in the British colonial period; its 2024 LGA count is 26,461 in the preliminary census.Image details: Archive image · circa 1910 · unknown
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town · Central RiverBansangAn inland hospital town with a documented 1938 opening and a place in the groundnut and livestock-market networks.Image details: Archive image · June 1959 · Photographer not identified; held by The National Archives UK
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heritage-place · North BankBaobolon Wetland ReserveA tidal wetland of creeks, mangroves, saltmarsh and savanna between Salikeni and Katchang.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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town · North BankBarraA North Bank coastal town documented in a dated national fisheries administration account.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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heritage-place · Upper RiverBarrakundaA historic Wuli river trading site near the seasonal navigation limit described in early English trading records.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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town · Upper RiverBasse Santa SuAn Upper River administrative and commercial town, historically a transit centre toward eastern Senegal, Guinea and Mali.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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village · North BankBerendingA new, deliberately minimal community record for a Lower Niumi village at the river mouth, listed alongside Barra and Essau in the 2013 census directory.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
River crossings, heritage landscapes and remembered routes
town · West CoastBrikamaA West Coast administrative and commercial town whose named quarters appear separately in the 2013 directory; local research documents migration, farming and ward institutions.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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town · Central RiverBrikama BaA Central River livestock-market town named on a proposed road link, distinct from Brikama in West Coast.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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town · West CoastBrufutA coastal community with a restricted NCAC oral-history record that needs consented local follow-up.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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village · Central RiverChoyaA Niamina community where women described seasonal farming constraints and a supported garden was underway in 2026.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
Island towns, inland markets and the river road
town · Upper RiverDiabuguA Sandu settlement named in a historical newspaper profile of district public works.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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village · North BankEssauA new, deliberately minimal community record for a Lower Niumi village at the river mouth, listed alongside Barra and Berending in the 2013 census directory.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
River crossings, heritage landscapes and remembered routes
town · North BankFarafenniA North Bank town separately enumerated in the 2013 settlement directory.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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town · Upper RiverFatotoA Kantora weekly livestock-market town connected to a new bridge and the Basse-Fatoto-Koina road in 2021.Interpretive illustration, not a documentary view
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