Bantunding
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Coordinates: 13 ° 29 ′ N , 14 ° 5 ′ W |
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| Region: | Upper River | |
| District: | Wuli | |
| Residents: | 1103 (2013)
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Bantunding is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013 about 1103 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 797. All residents belong to the Mandinka ethnic group .
geography
Bantunding located on the north bank of the Gambia River , in the Upper River Region District Wuli , around 0.3 kilometers from the North Bank Road , between Baja Kunda and Chamoi Bunda removed.
history
The severe flooding in Gambia in 2010 resulted in a crocodile infestation and the villagers were ordered to leave their farms .
economy
Agriculture is the main source of income for the residents. Above all, subsistence farming is carried out. As a cash crop are peanuts grown. Rice and Coos (local name for millet ) are grown as staple foods .
Infrastructure
Bantunding has a primary school , which only goes from the 1st to the 3rd level (normally the primary school in Gambia consists of 6 school years). The village has only one clean water source , it is a hand pump.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Bantunding on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ GAMBIA: Families Left Homeless by Floods | Inter Press Service. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Gambia Food Definitions & Explanations. Retrieved April 15, 2017 .