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- Gambia is
a very poor country with very poor people. All visitors are considered to
be 'rich'.
- Gambia is
small - 4,000 square miles.
- The Gambia
is the smallest country on the continent of Africa. It is almost an enclave
of Senegal.
- Cash crop
- groundnuts (peanuts) - provides 85% of Gambia's income.
- Population
- 1.5 million. Most of the population live away from the coastal areas.
- The River
Gambia is 200 miles long.
- There is only
a total of 1678 miles of roads - 1084 miles of these are unpaved.
- Life expectancy
at birth: total population - 53.2 years; men - 51.29 years, women - 55.16
years.
- 150 babies
out of 1000 die at birth - compared to 3 out of 1000 in the UK.
- Total fertility
rate: 5.76 children born per woman.
- The number
of people with AIDS has doubled in seven years.
- Danger from
hippopotami, crocodiles and snakes.
- Main threats
to life:- childbirth, malaria, malnutrition, meningitis, infections, burns
caused by falling into cooking fires.
- Income per
capita is approximately £250 per annum - among the lowest in the world.
- Doctor's
salary:- £30 per month
- Nurse's salary:-
£18 per month (statistics from the Government-sponsored clinic at
Kudang)
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