Karantaba Tenda

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Karantaba and Karantaba Tenda (former name: Pisania ) is a town of historical importance in the West African nation of Gambia.

According to a calculation for 2013 there live about 1907 inhabitants, the result of the last published census in 1993 amounted to 1437th

Geography

Karantaba Tenda is located in the Central River Region in the district Sami at an altitude of 11 m and is about thirteen kilometers east of Janjanbureh away. The village is located approximately 1.7 kilometers from the shore of the Gambia River away.

The pier on the shore is called Karantaba Tenda (13 ° 34 ' N, 14 ° 34' W13.559722 - 14.571111 ).

History

The African explorer Mungo Park held here in Pisania how the place used to be called, in 1795 some time before he embarked on his journey into the interior of the continent east to Niger. He spent five months in July at the British trading post, the slaver Dr. Laidley, to acclimatize and to learn the Mandinka language.

Culture and sights

Today, the Mungo Park Memorial remembers at Karantaba Tenda at the beginning of his journey. The standing on a pedestal plain cement obelisk was erected in 1930 to commemorate the researchers.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Hassan Sallah (1948-2006), politician