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Gambia

LC control no.n 50022374
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingGambia
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Geographic subdivision usageGambia
Variant(s)Colony of the Gambia
Gambia, The
Gambie
Gambii︠a︡
Ganbia
Gangbiya
Republic of the Gambia
Respublika Gambii︠a︡
The Gambia
ガンビア
冈比亚
Other standard no.Q1005
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c_3177
42239
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50509
1202705
C97
2413451
1000165
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17703-2
concept711
Associated placeAfrica
Africa, West
Sahel
Africa, English-speaking
Africa, English-speaking West
English-speaking countries
Commonwealth countries
Islamic countries
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Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inMarius, C. Mangroves du Sénégal et de la Gambie, 1985: t.p. (Gambie)
Annual report of the Department of Agriculture, 1937: t.p. (Colony of the Gambia)
Annual report of the Department of Agriculture, 1970/71: t.p. (Republic of the Gambia)
Respublika Gambii︠a︡, 1996.
The statesman's year-book, 1995-1996: p. 590 (The Gambia; Republic of The Gambia)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (pcl; 13°30ʹ00ʺN 015°30ʹ00ʺW)
Wikipedia, viewed 8 Oct. 2014 (The Gambia; officially the Republic of the Gambia and often called simply Gambia; in West Africa; capital city: Banjul; a colony on the Gambia River, held first by the Portuguese, during which era it was La Gambia, and later by the British; in 1888, the Gambia became a separate colony; in 1889 the present boundaries were established; the Gambia became a British Crown colony called British Gambia, divided for administrative purposes into the colony (city of Banjul and the surrounding area) and the protectorate (remainder of the territory); on 18 February 1965, The Gambia gained independence from the United Kingdom and joined the Commonwealth of Nations as Republic of the Gambia; it withdrew from the British Commonwealth in October 2013)
British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975, 1979-1987 (heading: Gambia [Colony of the Gambia, 1843-1965] used for publications of the Crown Colony of the Gambia, 1843-1866, of the Gambia portion of the West African Settlements, 1866-1888, and of the Colony and Protectorate of the Gambia, 1888-1965; heading: Gambia [Republic of the Gambia, 1965- ] used for later publications)
Web NDL authorities, August 3, 2018 (ガンビア = Ganbia)
   <https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00562222>
Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of the Gambia WWW site, viewed February 27, 2020 (冈比亚 = Gangbiya)
Geographic area codef-gm--- GM GMB
Invalid LCCNsh 85052900