Land area

11,295 sq km

Population

1.8m (2010 UN estimate)

Population by city

Population (2010 World Gazetteer estimates)

Serrekunda: 391,096

Brikama: 94,838

Bakau: 64,518

Lamin: 34,930

Banjul (capital): 32,921

Nema Kunku: 32,213

Farafenni: 28,874

Brufut: 28,303

Basse: 17,463

Sukuta: 17,094

Climate

Tropical

Weather in Banjul (altitude 27 metres)

Hottest month, June, 23-32°C; coldest month, January, 15-23°C. Driest months, March, April, 1 mm average rainfall; wettest month, August, 500 mm average rainfall

Languages

English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula and other local dialects

Measures

UK imperial system, with increasing use of metric system

Currency

Dalasi (D); average exchange rate in 2009: D26.6:US$1;

Time

GMT

Public holidays

Fixed: January 1st (New Year's Day), February 18th (Independence Day), May 1st (Labour Day), July 22nd (coup anniversary), December 25th (Christmas Day)

Variable: Eid al-Adha, Prophet's Birthday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Eid al-Fitr