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The flag of Banjul (rather Banjul City Council) is yellow-blue bicolor with
coat of arms.
https://www.facebook.com/384842501980079/photos/a.417475652050097.1073741828.384842501980079/430914637372865/?type=3&theater
Tomislav Šipek, 8 August 2018
As pointed out by Tomislav, the flag is seen here:
https://scontent.feoh4-2.fna.fbcdn.net (source:
https://www.facebook.com).
"The Banjul City Council (BCC or rarely
BanCC) is the city council of Banjul (formerly Bathurst), capital of Gambia.
In 1816, the British founded Banjul as a trading post and base for
suppressing the slave trade. It was first named Bathurst after Henry Bathurst,
the secretary of the British Colonial Office. In 1963 it became the capital of
Gambia and in 1973 it changed its name to Banjul.
The Banjul City
Council, then as Bathurst City Council (BCC), was established in 1965 Gambia's
independence and replaced the Bathurst Town Council (BTC). That's the year in
which it gained city status.
In June 1971, the city council was
temporarily dissolved and replaced by a management committee until the July 22,
1994 bloodless coup, when the Council was revived."
Sources:
http://banjulcitycouncil.blogspot.com/,
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjul_City_Council,
http://www.accessgambia.com/information/banjul-history.html and
http://www.capitals.e-allmoney.com/afr/gambia.html
Esteban Rivera, 9 August
2018
The former coat
of arms of Banjul is seen here:
http://ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Banjul.
Description is as follows:
"The coat of arms Banjul represent the heraldic
board of the English form divided across on 3 unequal parts of white, red and
black colours. Above on a white background there is a plotting of two half moons
and one cross between them. These signs act as symbols of two most widespread
religions in Gambia - Islam and Christianity. More low on a red background two
guns (a symbol of protection of territory) are represented. And at the very
bottom on the black background which has been cut by white strips, symbolising
waves, there is a stylised plotting of fish."
Source:
http://www.capitals.e-allmoney.com/afr/gambia.html
Esteban Rivera, 9 August
2018
image by
Jean-Marc Merklin, 27 September 2024
The current coat
of arms, which is featured in the flag, is seen here:
https://www.facebook.com
For additional information go to Banjul
City Council (official website):
http://banjulcitycouncil.blogspot.com/
Esteban Rivera, 9 August
2018