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Gambia (The)

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Photo courtesy user H2O Alchemist on Flickr Location : Western Africa Geography : Surrounded by Senegal on three sides with a small ocean border.   The map is quite interesting. Area : Over 11,000 sq km; 167th largest in the world          Slightly less than twice the size of Delaware          Smallest country on the continent of Africa High Point (Elevation) : Unnamed elevation, 53 m Official Language : English Population : Over 1.8 million; 149th largest in the world Capital : Banjul Airports : 1 Source: CIA Factbook Apparently small African nations like to answer their embassy e-mail addresses to help people!  I got responses from first Gabon and now Gambia with regards to recipe suggestions.  I really appreciate that they have people that take the time to do this. The Cultural Attache attached three recipes in two documents.  The  first  starts with the ingredient "2 cups of peanut butter."  We've seen how that goes in the past , so I went right to