Barra (also Barra POINT) is a city with historical meaning in the Gambia. It has about 5,421 inhabitants (estimation 2006) http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/.

Geography

The city is appropriate with in the North bank division, district Lower Niumi at the delta river the Gambia into the Atlantic ocean, approximately five kilometers of air line from Banjul far away.

Inhabitant development

History

Great Britain had forbidden and acquired the slave trade to 1807 in the year 1816 the address pc. Mary' s Iceland and established there the settlement Bathurst (today Banjul).

They established bulls that after the commander Charles bull was designated, in the year 1826 away for the other side of the and checked thereby together with Bathurst, the delta of the Gambia river around the slave trade to prevent.

Economics and infrastructure

Traffic

To the west there is a car ferry, which operates every ninety minutes after the capital Banjul at the other side of the river. As is Barra of Banjul from an important station, in order to reach the areas in the North bank division. Thus the historical places Albreda and Juffure as well as the other larger cities over the north bank route, like Kerewan, to reach Salikenne and Farafenni north the Gambia river. Furthermore a freeway leads north to Senegal, which continues over Kaolack until Dakar.

World cultural heritage

With James Iceland and Related Sites equivalent seven objects were summarized and are classified since 2003 as UNESCO Weltkulturerbe. In close proximity to Barra an object lies, from which however only ruins are present:

See also

• List of the cities in the Gambia, Atlantic slave trade

Sources

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