Farafenni

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Farafenni ( spelling variant: Farafeni ) is a village in the West African nation of Gambia.

According to a calculation for 2013 there live about 19 ​​512 inhabitants, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 19,572.

Geography

Farafenni, the largest city in the North Bank region in the district of Upper Baddibu, situated on the North Bank Road about 60 kilometers west of Kerewan and about 14 kilometers north of Mansa Konko, on the other side of the river, away. Farafenni a major transportation hub, as on the north / south axis of the Trans - Gambia Highway (N4 ) and West / East direction the North Bank Road runs. The Trans - Gambia Highway connects with the Casamance region of Senegal, while, the road leads through Kaolack and Nioro du Rip by Gambia on cities Farafenni and Soma after Bignona and again Ziguinchor in Senegal. There was the idea of ​​the road with a bridge over the Gambia expand. This project has not been realized yet, thus, this ferry connection just as haunted as the connection between Banjul and Barra.

Culture and sights

In Farafenni is an important marketplace for the region and to the west of the town the AFPRC wins General Hospital. It is a main hospital for the division and ensures the health care to the northern neighbor Senegal.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Maba Jobe ( b. 1964 ), Gambian politician
• Sheriff Dibba (1937-2008), Gambian politician