Gambia

  • October 13, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Gambia

Subject : Geography mapping

 Context:

  • Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an alert about four Indian-manufactured cough syrups, which are said to be linked to acute kidney injury in children and 66 deaths in the small West African nation of The Gambia.
  • The WHO analysis of samples confirmed the presence of  unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants.
  • These ingredients are not allowed in food or drugs, as they can cause abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, severe renal injury and neurological toxicity.

Where is Gambia:

  • It is the smallest country within mainland Africa.
  • It is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Banjul is the capital of Gambia.

Geography of Gambia.

  • The Gambia is a very small and narrow country whose borders mirror the meandering Gambia River.
  • It lies between latitudes 13 and 14°N, and longitudes 13 and 17°W.
  • Senegal surrounds the Gambia on three sides, with 80 km of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean marking its western extremity.
  • It contains three terrestrial ecoregions: Guinean forest-savanna mosaic, West Sudanian savanna, and Guinean mangroves.

Ethnic groups:

  • The Mandinka ethnicity is the largest ethnic group.

There are other ethnic groups like Fula, Wolof, Jola/Karoninka, Serahule / Jahanka, Serers, Manjago, Bambara, Aku Marabou and Bainunka

Gambia Geography Mapping