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Gambia travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Gambia: travel advice level, plug type G, 230V, emergency 112, currency GMD.

📷 Banjul · IsaacTuray · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-11-11

Latest change (original, English)
New information about upcoming presidential elections (‘Warnings and insurance’ page).

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalBanjul
CurrencyGMD
LanguagesEnglish
Calling code+220
Emergency numbers112 · 118 · 116
Plug typesType G
Voltage230 V
Driving sideRight
Population2.6M
Type G

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📷 Photos

Leonora (Ellie) Enking from East Preston, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Ikiwaner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · Commons
qiv · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Niels Broekzitter from Piershil, The Netherlands · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
August Dominus · CC0 · Commons
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Sgt Daniel T. West · Public domain · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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