Banjul
Americannoun
noun
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A chartered flight Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia’s capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realized there were technical problems, Gambia’s Football Federation said in a statement on Facebook.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
The discovery was made on board a Tui flight that had travelled from The Gambia's capital Banjul on 7 December.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
The highest rainfall measured in that period was 10.87 inches at Banjul airport, beating a 1998 record of almost 7 inches, it said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2022
The United States and Gambia have ties going back to World War II, when Gambian troops fought with the Allies in Burma, and Banjul, the capital, served as a stop for the U.S.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
By October, traffic at the Port of Banjul had fallen precipitously as importers nervously scaled back their activities with the commencement of the anticorruption drive by the new regime.
From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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