Historic Georgetown
Historic Georgetown is part of the Tentative list of Gambia in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List. It is a proposed extension of Kunta Kinteh Island WHS.
Historic Georgetown, renamed Janjanbureh in 1995, is a planned port town on an island in the Gambia River in eastern Gambia. The town was founded by the British in 1835 to establish the settlement of Fort George for freed slaves. It is the furthest inland settlement of the British colonialists in Gambia. A few buildings from this period have been preserved: the Regional Governor's House, the Methodist Church from 1835 and the last intact Creole-style wooden house in the town.
Map of Historic Georgetown
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Site Info
- Full Name
- Historic Georgetown
- Country
- Gambia
- Added
- 2015
- Extension of
- Kunta Kinteh Island WHS
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Human activity - Transport and Trade
- Link
- By ID
Site History
2015 Added to Tentative List
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