African Members of FOCAC
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central Africa
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Congo(Kinshasa)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- The Commission of the African Union
The Gambia
(Updated February 2018)
【Official Name】The Republic of the Gambia
【Area】11,295 km2
【Population】2.05 million (2016). Major ethnic groups are Mandinka (42% of the population), Fula (also called Peul, 16%), Wolof (16%), Jola (10%) and Serahuleh (9%). English is the official language and other indigenous languages include Mandinka, Wolof, Fula (also called Peul) and Serahuleh. Islam is practiced by 90% of the population and the rest are Protestants, Catholics and followers of indigenous religions.
【Capital】Banjul, with a population of 31,300 (2016)
【Head of State】President Adama Barrow was elected in December 2016.
【Holiday】Independence Day (18 February)
【Geography and Climate】Gambia is a western African country located on a narrow strip of plain surrounded by Senegal on three sides except for the 48 km of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. Gambia has a tropical savanna climate with an average temperature of 27℃.