Tanji
Sign in to saveTanji is a town in Gambia, along the Atlantic coast. It is primarily a fishing town with a population of 14,531 according to the 2013 population census. The population of the town has been growing dramatically due to urban and rural migration, drawn by the fishing industry and suitable location. The Tanje Village Museum is where artisans and craftsmen engage in traditional crafts. The Tanji Bird Reserve is located 3 kilometers from the village.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in GM, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Tanji is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to The Gambia, Atlantic Ocean and time zone.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Gambia.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tanji
- Region
- West Coast
- Country
- Gambia
- Population
- 17,441
- Timezone
- Africa/Banjul
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tanji
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:TanjiSmoking.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Fish being smoked in Tanji
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Gambia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Gambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- The Gambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- The Gambia
- Located in
- West Coast Division
- Image
- TanjiSmoking.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tanji
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Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
{{Infobox settlement
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tanji” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations