Bwiam, or Bwiam-Kankuntu, is a small town in southwestern

Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for ...

. It is located in

Foni Kansala Foni Kansala is one of the nine districts of the Gambia's West Coast Region, which is located to the south of the Gambia River The Gambia River (formerly known as the River Gambra, French language, French: ''Fleuve Gambie'', Portuguese language ...

District in the Western Division. As of 2009, it has an estimated population of 3,834.World Gazetteer
, Retrieved on January 3, 2009

Notable people

* Sainey Nyassi (born 31 January 1989) - Footballer * Sanna Nyassi (born 31 January 1989) - Footballer * Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) - Footballer *Sulayman Badjie (born 8 August 1969) - Former Commander of the Republican National Guard under

Yahya Jammeh Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former soldier, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017. He was the Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 1994 ...

Culture and Sights

Near catholic Fatima secondary school is a local sight called Bwiam cooking pot, a big cast iron pot, believed to have been here for more than a hundred years. Between Bwiam und Bondali is a holy / sacred tree as

place of worship A place of worship is a specially designed structure or space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study. A building constructed or used for this purpose is s ...

known under the name of ''Kanjendi''.Allen Meagher (Pub.): ''Historic sites of The Gambia. Ada Dinkiralu (Mandinka), Bereb-I-Chosan (Wolof), Tarica Tawal (Fula), Nannin (Jola), Soninke Ada (Serehuli), I-Mofan Chosan (Serer). An official guide to the monuments and sites of The Gambia.'' National Council for the Arts and Culture, Banjul The Gambia 1998, .

References

Populated places in the Gambia {{Gambia-geo-stub