| LC control no. | no2015112221 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Janjanbureh (Gambia) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Gambia--Janjanbureh |
| Variant(s) | Janjanbure (Gambia) Georgetown (Gambia) Old Fort George (Gambia) Jangjangbureh (Gambia) |
| Found in | Manka, Foday Jibani. Janjanbureh, between 2010 and 2015: page 2 (town of Janjanbureh) page 82 (Georgetown (renamed Janjanbureh by the AFPRC ca. 1994)) page 96 (Janjanbureh (Georgetown); April 30, 1823, Captain Grant took possession of [MacCarthy] island and named the tiny British settlement Georgetown) A brief history of Janjanbure, 1983. GEOnet, Aug. 24, 2015 (Georgetown (Approved); Old Fort George (Variant); Gambia, The; Central River; seat of a 1st-order admin. div.; 13°32ʹN 014°46ʹW) Wikipedia, Aug. 24, 2015 (Janjanbureh or Jangjangbureh is a town, founded in 1832, on Janjanbureh Island in the Gambia River in eastern Gambia. It was formerly known as Georgetown; capital of the Central River Division; In 1995, both the city of Georgetown and MacCarthy Island were renamed Janjanbureh respectively. Janjanbureh is also the name of the district in which the town of Janjanbureh is located) Statoids website viewed Aug. 24, 2015: Regions of Gambia (Region: Central River; Capital: Janjanbureh; 1995: The name of MacCarthy Island, referring to a division of Gambia, was changed to Central River. The name of its capital, Georgetown, was changed to Janjanbureh) |
| Geographic area code | f-gm--- |
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