Bwiam, or Bwiam-Kankuntu, is a small town in southwestern

Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

. It is located in

Foni Kansala Foni Kansala is one of the nine districts of the Gambia's West Coast Region, which is located to the south of the Gambia River in the southwest of the country. Foni Kansala is in the southeast of the division, between Foni Bintang-Karenai and Foni ...

District in the Western Division. As of 2009, it has an estimated population of 3,834.World Gazetteer
, Retrieved on January 3, 2009

Notable people

Sainey Nyassi Sainey Nyassi (born January 31, 1989) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Sainey Nyassi began his career in the Gambia, playing in the GFA League First Division for Gambia Ports Authority. Nyassi was sc ...

(born 31 January 1989) - Footballer *

Sanna Nyassi Sanna Nyassi (born 31 January 1989) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He played for the Gambia national team from 2010 to 2015, making fourteen appearances. Club career Gambia Ports Authority Nyassi began his pr ...

(born 31 January 1989) - Footballer *

Tijan Jaiteh Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) is a The Gambia, Gambian association football, footballer for Al-Markhiya Sports Club, Al-Markhiya. He was captain of Gambia's international youth team for a number of years. And is currently the captain of t ...

(born 31 December 1988) - Footballer *Sulayman Badjie (born 8 August 1969) - Former Commander of the Republican National Guard under

Yahya Jammeh Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer who was the leader of The Gambia from 1994 to 2017, firstly as chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 199 ...

Culture and Sights

Near catholic Fatima secondary school is a local sight called Bwiam cooking pot, a big cast iron pot, believed to have been here for more than a hundred years. Between Bwiam und Bondali is a holy / sacred tree as

place of worship A place of worship is a specially designed structure or space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study. A building constructed or used for this purpose is somet ...

known under the name of ''Kanjendi''.Allen Meagher (Pub.): ''Historic sites of The Gambia. Ada Dinkiralu (Mandinka), Bereb-I-Chosan (Wolof), Tarica Tawal (Fula), Nannin (Jola), Soninke Ada (Serehuli), I-Mofan Chosan (Serer). An official guide to the monuments and sites of The Gambia.'' National Council for the Arts and Culture, Banjul The Gambia 1998, .

References

Populated places in the Gambia {{Gambia-geo-stub