Island of Janjanbureh, Gambia
Janjanbureh Island, and Janjanbureh Town, are in the Central River Region of The Gambia, in the Niamina East District, 300km upstream from the Banjul capital.
The former British colonial settlement was founded in 1823, when king of Lower Niani, Kolli Camara, ceded the island to Britain. It is the headquarters of the Central River Region, and one of the eight Local Government Areas, with an estimated population of 3,600. It was formerly known as Lemaine, then re-named MacCarthy Island (after Sir Charles MacCarthy), with a mud brick Fort George (Georgetown).
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