Batelling
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Coordinates: 13 ° 24 ′ N , 15 ° 51 ′ W |
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| Region: | Lower River | |
| District: | Kiang West | |
| Residents: | 354 (2013)
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Batelling (spelling variant: Batteling ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, around 354 inhabitants live there; the result of the last published census from 1993 was 315.
geography
Batelling is located in the Lower River Region in the Kiang West District . The east is about 4.5 kilometers northwest of Wurokang , on the South Bank Road .
Culture and sights
Between Batelling and Kwinella , a historical lake is known as a place of worship under the name Mofadinka and a sacred tree in Batelling is known as the Kabba Tree .
According to a listing by the National Center for Arts & Culture , Batelling was a location of a tattoo .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Batelling on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ a b Allen Meagher (Ed.): Historic sites of The Gambia. Ada Dinkiralu (Mandinka), Bereb-I-Chosan (Wolof), Tarica Tawal (Fula), Nannin (Jola), Soninke Ada (Serehuli), I-Mofan Chosan (Serer). An official guide to the monuments and sites of The Gambia. National Council for the Arts and Culture, Banjul The Gambia 1998, ISBN 9983-80-011-014 .