The Gambia is the narrowest country in the world with an average width of 22 miles. Other narrow countries include Cyprus, Jamaica, and Israel. Chile is often cited as narrow, but its average width is 100 miles.
The narrowest country in the world is the Republic of The Gambia, which has an average width of about 22 miles (35 km). The Gambia is also the smallest country in Africa, with an area slightly smaller than the size of the US state of Delaware.
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Other narrower countries include Cyprus, with an average width of about 25 miles (41 km); Jamaica, with an average width of about 29 miles (47 km); and Israel, with an average width of about 30 miles (49 km).
Although Chile is often cited as the narrowest country, in terms of average width, it is nowhere near. In fact, Chile has an average width of about 100 miles (161km), nearly five times the average width of The Gambia.
During the rainy season, the Amazon River is wider than the average width of the Gambia.
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