Fajara

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footnotes = Fajara is a coastal suburb of Bakau in The Gambia.

It is home to the Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy, the US Ambassador, and former Gambian president Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara. [ [http://www.statehouse.gm/jawara24june.html Office of The Gambian President: State House Online: Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh ] ] The Medical Research Council is located within a fenced complex on Atlantic Boulevard. The MRC has a long history in The Gambia and is a leading global centre of excellence in malaria research. [ [http://www.mrc.ac.uk/prn/index/about/about-research_centres/about-unit_details.htm?ID=17 MRC: Medical Rearch Council - ErrorHandler ] ] There is also a large military camp.

Tourism

Prior to the arrival of the first tourists in the 1960s the inhabitants' living revolved largely around fishing. Fajara is, however, becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination with around 20 hotel complexes on the beach and many more inland. [ [http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/gambia/fajara Fajara Travel Guide and Travel Information - Lonely Planet ] ]

Bertil Harding Highway is one of the town's main thoroughfares, named after the pioneering Swedish tourist who arrived in 1965.

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