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Janjanbureh or Jangjangbureh is a town, founded in 1823, on Janjanbureh Island, also known as MacCarthy Island, in the Gambia River in eastern Gambia. [1] [2] Until 1995, it was known as Georgetown and was the second largest town in the country.
MacCarthy Island, originally known as Lemain Island and officially named Janjanbureh Island, is an island located approximately 170 miles (272 km) upriver from the mouth of the Gambia River, in eastern Gambia, in the Janjanbureh District.
Its capital is Janjanbureh (formerly Georgetown), on MacCarthy Island. The largest settlement is Bansang, with an estimated population in 2008 of 8,381. [1] Until 1995 the division was known as MacCarthy Island Division, which had been established as one of five administrative areas of Gambia Protectorate in the early 20th
Georgetown Airport (disambiguation), various airports; Georgetown railway station (Scotland), a disused station in Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Georgetown station (Ontario), a railway station in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada; Georgetown station (Metro-North), a former, and currently proposed railway station on the New Haven Line's Danbury Branch
This is a list of renamed places in the Gambia. Bathurst → Banjul (1973) [1] Georgetown → Janjanbureh; James Island → Kunta Kinteh Island (2011) [2] MacCarthy Island → Janjanbureh Island (1995)
It was formerly known as Georgetown and was the second largest in the country. It is now the capital of the Central River Division and is best known as home to Gambia's main prison. The Wassu stone circles lie 22 km northwest of Lamin Koto, on the north bank across from Janjanbureh. It is one of Gambia's more popular tourist destinations. [6]
Sir Farimang Mamadi Singhateh, a distinguished figure in the Gambia's history was born in 1912 in Georgetown (now Janjanbureh), the Gambia. He hailed from a prominent lineage of Mandinka traders from Wuli, and his grandmother was one of the wives of the renowned Musa Molloh.
Armitage Senior Secondary School is a high school located in Janjanbureh, in the Gambia. Armitage a boarding school, is one of the oldest schools in the Gambia. It was established in 1927 by Governor Cecil Hamilton Armitage in Georgetown. After World War II, the school became a secondary boarding school. [1]