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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 162
49,100 (2011)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 144
1.581 million (2011)
Telephone system
General assessment
Adequate microwave radio relay and open-wire network; state-owned Gambia Telecommunications partially privatized in 2007 Domestic Combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity, aided by multiple mobile-cellular providers, is roughly 90 per 100 persons International Country code - 220; microwave radio relay links to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; a landing station for the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) undersea fiber-optic cable is scheduled for completion in 2011; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011) Broadcast media
State-owned, single-channel TV service; state-owned radio station and 4 privately-owned radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available, some via shortwave radio; cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable in some parts of the country (2007) Internet country code
.gm
Internet hosts World Ranking: 183
491 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 150
130,100 (2009)
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The Gambia (Banjul):
 
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The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965. Geographically surrounded by Senegal, it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation treaty, but tensions have flared up intermittently since then. Yahya JAMMEH led a military coup in 1994 that overthrew the president and banned political activity. A new constitution and presidential elections in 1996, followed by parliamentary balloting in 1997, completed a nominal return to civilian rule. JAMMEH has been elected president in all subsequent elections including most recently in late 2011.