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unusual facts about Barra, Gambia



2003 in birding and ornithology

A female Redhead (duck) on Barra, Outer Hebrides from September through until April 2004 was Britain's third (but the first female).

Arthur Gómez

Gómez's last appearance for Gambia's national team was in 2003, when they visited Senegal in Dakar for an African Cup qualifying match.

Bai Konte

Alhaji Bai Konte (born 1920; died 1983) was a jali (praise singer) from Brikama, Gambia.

Barra do Garças Futebol Clube

Barra do Garças Futebol Clube, commonly known as Barra do Garças, is a Brazilian football club based in Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso state.

Barra Hall Park

The Barra Hall building was officially opened as town hall on 23 February 1924 and its grounds became a municipal park with playground, tennis courts and a paddling pool opened by music hall star Jessie Matthews.

Barra Head

In 2008 the Barra RNLI Life Boat, Edna Windsor was featured on a series of Royal Mail stamps.

Barra Mansa Futebol Clube

Barra Mansa Futebol Clube, commonly known as Barra Mansa, is a Brazilian football club based in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state.

Beyond Ipanema

Produced by filmmakers Guto Barra and Béco Dranoff, it features interviews and performances by David Byrne, Devendra Banhart, M.I.A., Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Seu Jorge, Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, CSS, Creed Taylor and many others.

Biri Biri

In 2000, Biri was awarded the Order of Merit by Gambian president Yahya Jammeh, and was named Gambia's 'greatest footballer of the last millennium and of all time'.

Alhaji Momodo Nije (born 30 March 1948, Banjul, Gambia), more commonly known as Biri Biri is a Gambian former football player who used to play for Sevilla FC.

Carlos Gomes Júnior

Following the failure of a coup plot in 2008, Rear Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto escaped to Gambia where he was arrested.

Cenocoelius huggerti

It is only known from a single female collected from Bakau in Gambia in 1978.

Child sacrifice in Uganda

Ritual Killing and Human Sacrifice in Africa, a statement made at the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights , 48th Session (November 10-24) in Banjul, Gambia.

Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta

The marsh's large lagoon is connected to the Caribbean Sea via a narrow strait (the La Barra channel) located between the town of Pueblo Viejo and the city of Ciénaga.

Daniel Herrendorf

La constitución reformada, obra colectiva (Vanossi, Barra, Raúl Alfonsín, Sagüés, Bidart Campos, Herrendorf, otros), Primer Seminario sobre la Reforma Constitucional de 1994, Ministerio del Interior de la República Argentina – Centro de Estudios Constitucionales de Madrid, Buenos Aires 1996.

Dorados Fuerza UACH

The team has a loyal base of fans, which is usually students, among them is the Barra, "La Impuntal" a group of faithful followers of the golden team, composed of about 50 members and have been supporting the team since its first home game and have emerged as major force encouraging Dorados UACH.

Eddie Spears

When he was cast for the lead in Black Cloud (2004), directed by Rick Schroder, he trained for three months with boxing trainer Jimmy Gambia to perfect his boxing skills before filming started.

Foday Musa Suso

Foday Musa Suso (born in Sarre Hamadi Village, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of eastern Gambia) is a musician and composer from the Gambia.

Gambia National Museum

Among distinguished visitors recently to the Gambia National Museum are the President Ma of Taiwan, Rev.Jesse Jackson of the USA.

Governor-in-chief

The office could be systematically vested in and cumulated with a governorship, as it was in the governors of Sierra Leone (at Freetown) the case in both periods of existence of British West Africa, 17 October 1821 - 13 January 1850 and 19 February 1866 - 24 November 1888, the other components being Gambia, the British Gold Coast (present Ghana) and, in the second period, also Lagos territory (later a colony; in present Nigeria).

Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia

The community came to prominence during the 1880s after the Intercolonial Railway built its line from the Strait of Canso to Sydney, crossing the Barra Strait between Iona and Grand Narrows with the Grand Narrows Bridge, still in use, which is the longest railway bridge in Nova Scotia.

Gymnarchus

It is found exclusively in swamps and near vegetated edges in the Nile, Turkana, Chad, Niger, Volta, Senegal, and Gambia basins.

Habib Koité

Two tracks from Muso Ko, I Ka Barra and Din Din Wo, were included with Microsoft Windows Vista, exposing his music to millions of listeners.

Ílhavo Municipality

Within the municipality, there are two villages that are popular in the summertime: Praia ("beach") da Barra, where the tallest lighthouses in Portugal (Farol de Aveiro ou da Barra) is situated and Praia da Costa Nova (Costa Nova do Prado), with its typical houses called Palheiros (they are characterized for fronts in wood or concrete, listed with lively and cheerful colors alternated with the white color) and fish market.

Jim B. Tucker

Tucker’s investigation took him firstly to Glasgow to interview the six-year-old and his mother Norma about Cameron’s reported recollections of life on the isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, around 200 miles from the family’s home in Glasgow.

Jose Arizabalo

As lieutenant colonel of infantry and artillery commander of Fort San Carlos de la Barra in Lake Maracaibo, participates in the capitulation of Francisco Tomás Morales.

Jufureh

Jufureh, Juffureh or Juffure is a town in the Gambia, located 30 kilometers inland on the north bank of the River Gambia in the North Bank Division near James Island.

La Barra Brava

Tony Kornheiser has also used La Barra Brava as his stereotypical example of what he thinks typical DC United fans are like.

La barra del Rojo

In 2004 in Quito, Ecuador, the barra brava fought the Ecuadorian police during a Copa Libertadores match between El Nacional and Independente in the Atahualpa stadium.

Marco Alvan

At the Gracie Barra school he trained under Master Carlos Gracie, Jr. and trained alongside Ryan and Renzo Gracie.

MV Princess Victoria

An RAF Hastings aircraft had been assisting rescues off Lewis and Barra and as a result did not reach the location of the doomed ferry until 1531hrs, dropping supplies and guiding HMS Contest to the scene.

N.E.M Ida Hilda Casella Vidori

The Center serves children from 4 to 15 years old, coming from rural communities as: Pinhalzinho, Santa Catarina, Barra Grande, Caititu, Baixa Diamantina, Progresso, Caravagio e Floresta among others, and especially three districts: Progress, Nossa Senhora do Rosario and Aurora.

Niumi National Park

The Gambia declared its portion of the Delta as a national park in 1986, comprising the southern part of the coastal wetlands and mangroves of the Saloum Delta.

Njogu Demba-Nyrén

Njogu Demba-Nyrén (born 26 June 1979 in Bakau) is a Gambian footballer who has represented Gambia at full international level and currently plays in Sweden for Dalkurd FF.

Patience Sonko-Godwin

Born in Banjul, Patience Sonko-Godwin was educated in the Gambia before going to St. Edwards Senior Secondary School in Freetown, Sierra Leone to have her sixth form education.

Police Beat

The story is narrated by Z in his native Wolof language (the language of Senegal and parts of Mali, the Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mauritania), though he makes the transition to English when interacting with those around him.

Rodrigo Barra

Rodrigo Alejandro Barra Carrasco (born 24 September 1975 in Traiguén, Malleco Province) is a Chilean professional footballer who currently plays for Santiago Wanderers.

Roman Catholicism in the Gambia

In 1992 Pope John Paul II visited Gambia and gave further impetus to the interest in Christian-Muslim relations within the Catholic community.

Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital

The need for tertiary medical education was addressed in 1994, by Gambia’s President, Dr. Alh. Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh when he made health and education priorities for his government, the School of Medicine became the lead faculty in establishing the first university in Gambian history.

Ryan Allen Carrillo

In 2011 Carrillo appeared on Season 4 of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles when he purchased Mexico y Barra Restaurant in West Hollywood with transgender actress Candis Cayne.

S. A. Agulhas

Included in the itinerary were visits to Tema and Abidjan to take on additional cadets from Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, while en route to London, UK.

Sergio Berti

In the Copa Libertadores 2000, when América came to visit his former club Boca Juniors for the first leg match of the semifinals, just minutes before the start of the game Sergio Berti withdraw from playing, arguing being scared for the safety of his family and himself based on the chants of the Barra of Boca Juniors.

Stigmella wollofella

It was described by Gustafsson in 1972 and is endemic to Gambia where it was discovered in Gambia River which flows between Basse Santa Su and Banjul.

The Gambia Scout Association

Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof Served the movement from 1938 to 2005, former President of the Gambia National Scout Council, scholar on the history of scouting in the Gambia, first Gambian to be awarded the Wood Badge.

Wolof

Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania

Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania

Wuli

Wuli District, a district in the Upper River Division of the Gambia


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