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Politically, Senegal and the Gambia maintained separate cabinets, though shared power in a confederate government, with a Senegalese serving as president and a Gambian serving as vice-president. [ 1 ] [ 13 ] In the short term, the Senegambia Confederation was a pragmatic union based on a mutual security interest.
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, [8] [a] is a country in West Africa.Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; [b] it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
For example Thieboudienne a Senegalese national dish and notably known as Jollof rice, which is an international export, named after the Kingdom of Jolof in present-day Senegal, originated from Saint-Louis. Tigadèguèna, a peanut stew originated in Mali. Maafe called domoda in Gambia originated in Senegal. [17]
The Casamance region, isolated from the rest of Senegal by Gambia, is an important agriculture producing area, but without the infrastructure or transportation links to improve its capacity. [100] Despite the lack of modernization of artisanal fishing, the fishing sector remains Senegal's main economic resource and major foreign exchange earner ...
This is a list of the extreme points of the Gambia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point – unnamed location on the border with Senegal immediately south of the Senegalese village of Keur Mali Makham, Central River Division
The Gambia lies almost entirely within Senegal, surrounded on the north, east and south; from its western coast, Gambia's territory follows the Gambia River more than 300 kilometres (190 mi) inland. Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cape Verde Peninsula on the country's Atlantic coast.
In the north-west, the border starts at the Atlantic coast at Jinnak Creek, and then proceeds eastwards via a straight line. [2] Just to the west of the Gambian town of Ngeyen Sanjal the border proceeds to roughly parallel the north bank of the Gambia river at a distance of about 10 km, bending round in the far east to encompass Koina and Kantale Kunde within Gambian territory, before ...
The Casamance region is the southern region of Senegal which, although connected in the East, is separated from the rest of Senegal. The Gambia divides Senegal along nearly 300 kilometers by a width of 50 kilometers. [14] Casamance contains two administrative regions named for their capitals: Ziguinchor to the west and Kolda to the east. [15]