- A country of western Africa on the Atlantic Ocean. It was a British protectorate after 1894 and became independent in 1965. Banjul is the capital and the largest city. Population, 696,000.甘比亚：临大西洋的一个西非国家，在1894年以后为英国的保护国，于1956年独立，班珠尔是它的首都和最大的城市。人口696,000