Janjanbureh or Jangjangbureh is a town, founded in 1823, on Janjanbureh Island , also known as MacCarthy Island, in the Gambia River in eastern Gambia . Until 1995, it was known as Georgetown and was the second largest town in the country. It is the capital of Janjanbureh Local Government Area (formerly the Central River Division ), and the Janjanbureh district . The population of the Janjanbureh LGA was 127,333 at the 2013 population census.
4-610: Armitage Senior Secondary School is a high school located in Janjanbureh , in the Gambia . Armitage a boarding school, is one of the oldest schools in the Gambia. It was established in 1927 by Governor Cecil Hamilton Armitage in Georgetown . After World War II , the school became a secondary boarding school . This African school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
8-661: A building or structure in The Gambia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Janjanbureh, Gambia MacCarthy Island , then known as Lemain Island, was purchased by the British captain Alexander Grant in 1823 in exchange for annual payments to Kolli Camara, the king of Lower Niani . It was intended as a settlement for freed slaves. A dispute ensued when the colonists demanded labor from Niani, but
12-515: The ruling Kamara clan sent an army instead, forcing the British to take refuge in their new fort. A counterattack on the Niani capital of Ndougousine failed, with the Mandinka capturing two cannons, but the island remained in British hands. By the 1840s the trading post was doing steady business in hides, wax, and ivory; it was the furthest upriver post the colonial administration controlled. In 1880
16-572: The town had a population of 1263, of whom only one was a European. Janjanbureh is the birthplace of the Yale University historian Lamin Sanneh . The town is best known as home to Gambia's main prison . The Wassu stone circles , a major tourist attraction, lie 22 km northwest of Lamin Koto, on the north bank across from Janjanbureh. The island is known locally as MacCarthy Island and
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