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'''Fajara''' is a coastal suburb of Bakau in the Gambia.
It is home to Isatou Njie-Saidy, a former Vice-President of The Gambia; Patricia Aslup, a former US Ambassador; and was formerly the home town of the late Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, a former Prime Minister of The Gambia and the first President of The Gambia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statehouse.gm/jawara24june.html |title=Office of The Gambian President: State House Online: Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221143325/http://www.statehouse.gm/jawara24june.html |archive-date=2008-02-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Medical Research Council is located within a fenced complex on Atlantic Boulevard. There is also a large military camp in the area.
==Tourism==
Prior to the arrival of the first tourists in the 1960s the inhabitants' livelihoods revolved largely around fishing. Fajara is, however, becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination with around 20 hotel complexes on the beach and many more inland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/gambia/fajara |title=Fajara Travel Guide and Travel Information - Lonely Planet<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120131837/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/gambia/fajara/ |archive-date=2008-01-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Bertil Harding Highway is one of the town's main thoroughfares, named after the pioneering Swedish tourist who arrived in 1965.
==Notable people== *Alieu Fadera *Sir Dawda Jawara *Julia Dolly Joiner *Isatou Njie-Saidy *Mohamadou Sumareh *Malleh Sallah<ref>{{cite web | url=https://standard.gm/leisure-group-denies-taking-over-ocean-bay/ | title=Leisure Group Denies Taking over Ocean Bay – the Standard Newspaper | Gambia | date=4 October 2019 }}</ref> *Dr Saja Taal
==Gallery==
<gallery> File:Fajara War Cemetery Gambia.jpg|Fajara War Cemetery </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{authority control}} Category:Populated places in the Gambia Category:Banjul