Faraba Banta is a small town in south-western

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

Kombo East Kombo East is one of the nine districts of the Gambia's Western Division, 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, P ...

District in the Western Division. As of 2009, it has an estimated population of 3, 626. The town was the site of the Faraba shooting on 18 June 2018.

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