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Senegambia
(redirected from Senegambian)

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Senegambia (sĕn'ĭgăm`bēə, –gäm`–), short-lived (1982–89) confederation of Senegal Senegal , officially Republic of Senegal, republic (2005 est. pop. 11,127,000), 76,124 sq mi (197,161 sq km), W Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Mauritania in the north, by Mali in the east, and by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau in the south.
..... Click the link for more information.  and The Gambia Gambia, The , officially Republic of The Gambia, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,593,000), 4,361 sq mi (11,295 sq km), W Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and surrounded on the remaining three sides by Senegal. The capital is Banjul.
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Senegambia

Confederation of Senegal and Gambia, 1982–89. The two countries agreed to integrate their military and security forces, form an economic and monetary union, coordinate their foreign policies and communications, and establish confederal institutions controlled by Senegal. Each country maintained its independence. The confederation was dissolved in 1989. The name Senegambia also refers to the region around the Sénégal and Gambia rivers.

Senegambia
a region of W Africa, between the Senegal and Gambia Rivers: now mostly in Senegal


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