Basse Santa Su

According to oral histories, the first Mandinka immigrants to the Gambia area, the Fati clan, settled in Tumana near Basse. They subsequently acted as hosts and/or agents for future migrants, potentially including Tiramakhan Traore. Basse was at this point a hub in regional trade networks bringing kola nuts and Guinea pepper north from what is now Guinea-Bissau and salt and salted fish up the river from the coast. A bridge over the Gambia River, funded by the Chinese Government, opened in October 2021. ==Climate==

Basse Santa Su has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw), almost dry enough to be a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) with almost no rainfall from November to May and heavy rainfall from June to October. {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Basse (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 35.3 | Feb high C = 37.8 | Mar high C = 40.1 | Apr high C = 41.4 | May high C = 40.9 | Jun high C = 37.4 | Jul high C = 33.5 | Aug high C = 32.3 | Sep high C = 32.6 | Oct high C = 34.7 | Nov high C = 36.5 | Dec high C = 35.5 | year high C = 36.5 | Jan mean C = 25.0 | Feb mean C = 27.6 | Mar mean C = 30.4 | Apr mean C = 32.5 | May mean C = 33.1 | Jun mean C = 31.3 | Jul mean C = 28.7 | Aug mean C = 27.8 | Sep mean C = 27.8 | Oct mean C = 28.9 | Nov mean C = 27.6 | Dec mean C = 25.4 | year mean C = 28.8 | Jan low C = 14.6 | Feb low C = 17.4 | Mar low C = 20.6 | Apr low C = 23.7 | May low C = 25.4 | Jun low C = 25.2 | Jul low C = 23.8 | Aug low C = 23.3 | Sep low C = 23.0 | Oct low C = 23.1 | Nov low C = 18.9 | Dec low C = 15.3 | year low C = 21.2 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 0.2 | Feb precipitation mm = 0.4 | Mar precipitation mm = 0.1 | Apr precipitation mm = 0.0 | May precipitation mm = 11.1 | Jun precipitation mm = 93.5 | Jul precipitation mm = 192.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 314.3 | Sep precipitation mm = 227.0 | Oct precipitation mm = 62.7 | Nov precipitation mm = 1.6 | Dec precipitation mm = 0.3 | year precipitation mm = 903.2 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 0.1 | Feb precipitation days = 0.1 | Mar precipitation days = 0.0 | Apr precipitation days = 0.0 | May precipitation days = 1.2 | Jun precipitation days = 6.3 | Jul precipitation days = 12.1 | Aug precipitation days = 15.6 | Sep precipitation days = 13.8 | Oct precipitation days = 4.7 | Nov precipitation days = 0.2 | Dec precipitation days = 0.1 | year precipitation days = 54.2 | source = NOAA ==Gallery==

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