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Coordinates: 13°27N 14°4W / 13.450°N 14.067°W / 13.450; -14.067
 

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Fattatenda
On the Gambia River (1904)
On the Gambia River (1904)
Fattatenda is located in The Gambia
Fattatenda

Fattatenda

Location in the Gambia

Coordinates: 13°27′N 14°4′W / 13.450°N 14.067°W / 13.450; -14.067
Country Gambia
DivisionUpper River Division
DistrictWuli
Population
 (2009)
 • Total49 (est.)

Fattatenda is a small village in eastern Gambia on the Gambia River. It is located in Wuli District in the Upper River Division, a few kilometers southwest of the much larger village of Baja Kunda. As of 2009, it has an estimated population of 49.[1]

History

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Fattatenda was a major trading post in the Kingdom of Wuli by 17th century, serving as the port for Sutukoba, a major transshipment point between jula overland routes and Euro-African riverine trade.[2] It was abandoned in 1734 "on account of the bad usage received from the Natives."[3]

In 1829, Mansa Nkoi of Wuli ceded Fattatenda to the British administrator William Hutton, but the agreement was later repudiated by the British government and Hutton was dismissed.[4] Still, Fattatenda was the main upriver entrepot for trade on the Gambia river, exchanging cloth and guns for gold and ivory coming from Bundu to the east. It was thereby linked to the French fort and trading post of Bakel on the Senegal River and the Trans-Saharan caravan routes.[5] The almaamy of Bundu sacked the town in 1865, destroying £7000 of British merchandise.[6]

The ruins of commercial buildings are still visible today.

References

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  1. ^ "Gambia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved January 3, 2009.[dead link]
  • ^ Galloway, Winifred (1975). A History of Wuli from the Thirteenth to the Nineteenth Century (History PhD). University of Indiana. p. 322.
  • ^ Jefferys, Thomas (1789). The western coast of Africa from Cape Blanco to Cape Virga, exhibiting Senegambia Proper (Map). 1:1,850,000. Laurie & Whittle.
  • ^ Gailey, Harry (1987). Historical dictionary of the Gambia. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 80. ISBN 0810820013.
  • ^ Pasquier, Roger (1987). "Le Sénégal au 19e siècle: La crise économique et social," (PDF). Thesis: 265. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  • ^ Gomez, Michael (2002). Pragmatism in the Age of Jihad: The Precolonial State of Bundu (2nd ed.). UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 140. ISBN 9780521528474.
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