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. It is home to

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, a former

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, the former US Ambassador, and formerly the home town of the late

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994. Jawara was born in Barajally, MacCarthy Islan ...

, a former

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and the first

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. The Medical Research Council is located within a fenced complex on Atlantic Boulevard. 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. Bertil Harding Highway is one of the town's main thoroughfares, named after the pioneering

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tourist who arrived in 1965.

Notable people

Alieu Fadera Alieu Fadera (born 3 November 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian First Division A club Zulte Waregem. Club career Pohronie Fadera's arrival in Slovak Fortuna Liga club FK Pohronie was announced on the ...

*Sir

Dawda Jawara Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994. Jawara was born in Barajally, MacCarthy Island ...

Julia Dolly Joiner Julia Dolly Joiner (born November 11, 1956 Banjul, Gambia) is a Gambian politician. She is Commissioner of Political Affairs for the African Union, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also ...

Mohamadou Sumareh Mohamadou Sumareh (born 20 September 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. Born in the Gambia, he represents the Malaysia national team. Sumareh obtained Malaysian citi ...

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Gallery

File:Fajara War Cemetery Gambia.jpg, Fajara War Cemetery

References

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