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Banjul is the capital of The Gambia with a population of 34,828 as of 2003. It is located on St. Mary's Island where the Gambia River enters the Atlantic Ocean.
History
In 1816, the British founded Banjul as a trading post and base for suppressing the slave trade. It was first named Bathurst after Henry Bathurst, the secretary of the British Colonial Office, but was changed to Banjul in 1973.
Economy
Banjul is the main urban area of The Gambia and holds the country's economic and administrative center. As the fourth most densely populated country in Africa, The Gambia has more than one urban area. Peanut processing is the country's principle industry, but bee's wax, palm wood, palm oil, and skins and hides are also shipped from its port.
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