°Central River / McCarthy Island division [capital = Georgetown / Janjanbureh]
°Stone Circles
in
°Wassu + Kerbatch
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Together the stone circles of laterite pillars and their associated burial mounds present a vast sacred landscape created over more than 1,500 years. It reflects a prosperous, highly organized and lasting society.
°North Bank division [capital = Kerewan]
°Kunta Kinteh Island
in
°Albadarr
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The site was already a contact point with Arabs and Phoenicians before the arrival of the Portuguese in the 15th century. The region forms a cultural landscape, where the historic elements are retained in their cultural and natural context. The properties illustrate all the main periods and facets of the various stages of the African-European encounter from its earliest moments in the 15th Century through the independence period.
