Editing Albreda (section)

{{EngvarB|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|official_name          =Albreda
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|image_caption          = The Albreda-Jufureh archway
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|pushpin_map_caption    =Location in the Gambia<!-- Location ------------------>
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = The Gambia
|subdivision_type1      = [[Divisions of the Gambia|Division]] 
|subdivision_name1      = [[North Bank Division]]
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Upper Niumi]]
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|population_as_of               = 2012
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|population_total               = 1829
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{{History of the Gambia}}
'''Albreda''' is a historic [[Human settlement|settlement]] in The Gambia on the north bank of the [[Gambia River]], variously described as a 'trading post' or a 'slave fort'. It is located near [[Jufureh]] in the [[North Bank Division]] and an arch stands on the beach connecting the two places. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 1,776.<ref>[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-88 World Gazetteer] {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, retrieved 20 August 2008</ref>