Tsibirin MacCarthy

Tsibirin MacCarthy, wanda aka sanya masa suna a hukumance Tsibirin Janjanbureh kuma aka fi sani da Tsibirin Lemain, tsibiri ne mai nisan mil 170 (272 miles) km) daga bakin kogin Gambia, a gabashin Gambia, a gundumar Janjanbureh . A tsibirin akwai gari na biyu mafi girma a kasar, Janjanbureh, amma a taswira da yawa har yanzu yana bayyana da sunan Turai na Georgetown. Baya ga kasancewa wurin yawon bude ido na namun daji, tsibirin kuma shine gidan yarin Gambia mafi girma. Tarihi Yan kasuwar Yammacin duniya ne suka fara zama a tsibirin a ƙarni na 15, kodayake a ƙarni na 19 ba wurin ciniki mai dorewa ba ne saboda yaƙe-yaƙe da ake yi tsakanin jihohin Wuli da Niani akai-akai. Daga baya Turawan Birtaniya suka sayi tsibirin don amfani da shi a matsayin wurin zama na fursunoni bayan rasa yawancin yankunan Arewacin Amurka daga baya kuma a matsayin sansanin soja don taimakawa kare 'yan kasuwa. An sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar mallaka a shekara ta 1823 don musayar kuɗin shekara-shekara ga shugaban, kuma an sanya wa tsibirin suna a hukumance MacCarthy Island (bayan Sir Charles MacCarthy, tsohon Gwamna Janar na Yankin Yammacin Afirka na Burtaniya ). A shekara ta 1832, Turawan Birtaniya suka kafa Georgetown a matsayin wurin zama na Creole, kodayake 'yan Afirka da aka 'yantar daga wasu wurare sun cika shi da sauri. A hankali garin ya zama cibiyar gudanarwa da tattalin arziki ga ƙasar. Manazarta