Bassori

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Bassori
Coordinates: 13 ° 13 ′  N , 16 ° 35 ′  W
Map: Gambia
marker
Region: West coast
District: Combo East
Residents: 2701 (2013)

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Bassori (spelling variant: Basori ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .

According to a calculation for 2013, there are around 2,701 inhabitants, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 1,670.

geography

Bassori is located in the West Coast Region , Kombo East District , around 3.2 kilometers south of Tubakuta and 5.7 kilometers south of Madina Ba . The place is on the one of a road that branches off the South Bank Road at Madina Ba and leads south to Senegal . In Senegal it is called N 5 .

An official burial site for the victims of the sinking of the Senegalese ferry Le Joola has been set up in Bassori .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bassori on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
  2. ↑ PRESIDENT WADE COMMENDS Jammeh AND THE PEOPLE GAMBIAN Message from the State House on 10 October 2002