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The 
Republic of The Gambia is located in West Africa, equidistant 
from the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer, latitude 13°27'N and 
longitude 16°34'W. It is the smallest and westernmost country 
of Africa (which is why Lufthansa chose it in 1934 as base for its 
inaugural trans-Atlantic flights). It is nearly surrounded by its 
neighbour Senegal. The river stretches east to the Barrakunda Falls, 
rising in the Guinea plateau of Futa Jallon. The 
Gambia is the closest to Europe of the English-speaking Commonwealth 
countries. In 1973 the island capital Banjul 
was renamed Bathurst. The total population 
of the country is 2.2 million est. (October 2018).
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The 
country gained its independence 
from Britain in 1965 and is its first and last West African colony. 
Following the 1970 referendum the country went on to become a republic 
inside the Commonwealth; the Prime Minister, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, 
became the president until 1994. More 
Teetering climatically 
on the edge of the arid Sahel zone, the climate 
of The Gambia is sub-tropical with two distinct seasons of rain and 
dry. The wet season, which starts around mid-June, is locally known 
as 'Nawet' and is characterised by heavy downpours, vegetative greening, 
humidity and more mosquitoes. The rains normally continue until mid 
to end of October. 
The best time to visit The Gambia on holiday is from early November 
to mid-April; most tourist flights arrive in December and January. 
The majority of visitors stay in various beachfront 
hotels, while a significant number also stay in the 'Kombo' area's 
lodges and guest houses along a 10.5 kilometre band of accommodations 
dotted along the Atlantic coastline resorts. The resort of Kololi 
is at the epicentre of the tourism industry. More
The business environment is 
quite open and foreign investment opportunities exist in various priority 
sectors of the economy 
such as seafood processing, tourism, food & drinks processing, 
energy, financial services, manufacturing, agriculture and others. 
There is not much in the way of mineral wealth except for large deposits 
of iron ore on the cliffs overhanging the river and salt dried from 
shallows and tributaries (Bolongs). There are also small deposits 
of zircon, ilmenite, rutile and other minerals. The main cash crop 
is groundnuts, introduced into the Senegambia region from Brazil by 
the Portuguese in the 16th century. More 
Of the various ethnic groups 
in the country the Mandin