Bansang

Bansang

      town, east-central Gambia (Gambia, The), on the south bank of the Gambia River. Bansang is a local trade centre for peanuts (groundnuts), rice, and fish among the Malinke, Fulani, and Wolof peoples, and it is a port of call for the government steamer from Banjul, 188 miles (303 km) downstream. Bansang is the site of the only government hospital in the interior; the associated Leprosy Village at Alla Tentu is 1.5 miles (2.5 km) northwest. Pop. (1993) 5,743.

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