# Fajara

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**Fajara** is a coastal suburb of [Bakau](/source/Bakau) in [the Gambia](/source/The_Gambia).

It is home to [Isatou Njie-Saidy](/source/Isatou_Njie-Saidy), a former [Vice-President of The Gambia](/source/Vice-President_of_the_Gambia); [Patricia Aslup](/source/Patricia_Alsup), a former US Ambassador; and was formerly the home town of the late [Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara](/source/Sir_Dawda_Kairaba_Jawara), a former [Prime Minister of The Gambia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_the_Gambia) and the first [President of The Gambia](/source/President_of_the_Gambia).[1] The [Medical Research Council](/source/Medical_Research_Council_(UK)) 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.[2]

[Bertil Harding](/source/The_Gambia#Tourism) Highway is one of the town's main thoroughfares, named after the pioneering [Swedish](/source/Sweden) tourist who arrived in 1965.

## Notable people

- [Alieu Fadera](/source/Alieu_Fadera)
- Sir [Dawda Jawara](/source/Dawda_Jawara)
- [Julia Dolly Joiner](/source/Julia_Dolly_Joiner)
- [Isatou Njie-Saidy](/source/Isatou_Njie-Saidy)
- [Mohamadou Sumareh](/source/Mohamadou_Sumareh)
- [Malleh Sallah](/source/Malleh_Sallah)[3]
- [Dr Saja Taal](/source/Dr_Saja_Taal)

## References

1. ["Office of The Gambian President: State House Online: Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080221143325/http://www.statehouse.gm/jawara24june.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.statehouse.gm/jawara24june.html) on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

1. ["Fajara Travel Guide and Travel Information - Lonely Planet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080120131837/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/gambia/fajara/). Archived from [the original](http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/gambia/fajara) on 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

1. ["Leisure Group Denies Taking over Ocean Bay – the Standard Newspaper | Gambia"](https://standard.gm/leisure-group-denies-taking-over-ocean-bay/). 4 October 2019.

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