Lamin, Western Division, Gambia

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Lamin is a village in the West African nation of Gambia.

According to a calculation for 2013 there live about 39 183 inhabitants, the result of the last published census of 1993 was 10,668.

Geography

Lamin, on the south bank of the Gambia River in the West Coast region, district, Kombo North, located on the South Bank Road between Abuko with the Abuko Nature Reserve, which is about one kilometer away, and Yundum with the Banjul International Airport. The only airport Gambia is about five kilometers away.

Culture and sights

Nearby, about 1.7 kilometers away, is the Lamin Lodge, the. , A popular tourist destination near the Kombo-St Mary Area is. There can be observed with its extensive bird life in Tanbi Wetland Complex mangroves.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ebrima Manneh (* 1970), journalist
• Seyfo Soley ( born 1980 ), football player

Other topics

Lamin is also a common male first name in West Africa and is still considered as the most common name in the Gambia before Mohammed.