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C. The Gambia is entirely surrounded by Senegal except for the Atlantic Ocean on its western end. Ethiopia is in eastern Africa; Libya is in northern Africa; and Zambia is in southern Africa.
D. The Gambia is situated on either side of the Gambia River, which flows through the country’s 4,127 square miles and empties into the Atlantic.
B. At 4,127 square miles, The Gambia is larger than Rhode Island’s 1,545 square miles and Delaware’s 2,489 square miles but smaller than Connecticut’s 5,543 square miles.
A. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to use the Gambia River to grab slave labor for the Americas. The British later took over and set up the colony of Senegambia. Close to one third of people of the Senegambia region were sold as slaves.