Bessi (Gambia)
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Coordinates: 13 ° 11 ′ N , 16 ° 25 ′ W |
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| Region: | West coast | |
| District: | Foni Brefet | |
| Residents: | 1120 (2013)
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Bessi (spelling variant: Besse ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, around 1120 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 691.
geography
Bessi is located in the West Coast Region , Foni Brefet District , on the South Bank Road between Sutusinjang and Somita . The place is about 6.5 kilometers west of Somita and 2.8 kilometers east of Sutusinjang. At Bessi, a road goes north towards Brefet .
Culture and sights
At Bessi, a tree for circumcision is known as a place of worship under the name Besse-Bire / Sankiliba .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bessi (Gambia) 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 .