Gambia Maps and Travel Guides

We suggest that everyone traveling to Gambia take a map and guidebook. One of the best ways to enhance any trip is to gather as much information as possible before traveling. Advance information will help you pack more efficiently and incur fewer surprises. Each country of Africa can be very different than the next so go prepared and have a great time. Map Town carries an excellent selection of maps for the whole region and each individual country. Buy a map of Gambia and travel guide to ensure you get the most out of your holiday.

Gambia Maps

• Gambia Travel Maps

Gambia Travel Guides

• Gambia Travel Guides

Facts and Online Map of Gambia

• Information and Online Map of Gambia

Situated on the Atlantic coast in westernmost Africa and surrounded on three sides by Senegal, Gambia is twice the size of Delaware. The Gambia River flows for 322 km (200 mi) through Gambia on its way to the Atlantic. The country, the smallest on the continent, averages only 32 km (20 mi) in width.

The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation treaty. A military coup in 1994 overthrew the president and banned political activity, but a new 1996 constitution and presidential elections, followed by parliamentary balloting in 1997, have completed a nominal return to civilian rule. The Gambia recently emerged from its isolation to accept a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council during 1998-99.