Kanifing · town
Abuko
A named Kanifing settlement in the 2013 directory; the government also names Abuko Nature Reserve as a separate visitor place.
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North Bank · village
Albreda
A riverside village with the remains of a Portuguese chapel and the CFAO warehouse building in the World Heritage ensemble.
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Bakau
The 2013 directory separately records Bakau New Town and Bakau Wasulun rather than one undifferentiated Bakau count.
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heritage · Materials from late 1940s onward; article 2011
A Banjul historian’s personal archive
A tribute describes collections that could inform public history if rights are clear.
Read source notesmedia · 1883-1922, reported in 2020
A Bathurst newspaper gap
A History Corner article describes an early newspaper gap.
Read source notesecology · 1968 designation; 2021 government list
Abuko and the reserve are related, but not interchangeable
The national protected-area list identifies Abuko Nature Reserve, while the town requires its own community history.
Read source notesplace · 2013
A census settlement is not an entire community story
The 2013 directory offers place names and scale, not biographies or fixed identity categories.
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