Berending (North Bank Region)
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Coordinates: 13 ° 29 ′ N , 16 ° 28 ′ W |
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| Region: | North Bank | |
| District: | Lower Niumi | |
| Residents: | 1763 (2013)
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Berending is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, around 1763 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 1191.
geography
Berending is about 7.5 kilometers east of Essau . The place, in the North Bank region in the Lower Niumi district , lies on the north bank of the Gambia River .
Culture and sights
In Berending a sacred (crocodile) pond is known as a place of worship as (" Sacred Crocodile Basin of Berending "). It is one of three sacred crocodile pools in Gambia.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berending on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ 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 .