Brufut
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Coordinates: 13 ° 23 ′ N , 16 ° 45 ′ W |
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| Region: | West coast | |
| District: | North combo | |
| Residents: | 31,749 (2013)
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Brufut is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, there are around 31,749 inhabitants, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 8,644.
geography
Brufut, whose name means " reddish-brown earth " in the Mandinka language , is located in the Kombo North district in the West Coast Region on the Atlantic Ocean , about 1.5 to 2 kilometers east of Ghana Town and about six kilometers southwest of Sukuta .
Culture and sights
Place of worship
In Brufut, a sacred grove is known as a place of worship under the name of Sanneh-Mentering .
Sports
Brufut is the destination of an annual running event , the Brufut Run .
Economy and Infrastructure
In the past, the only mineral resources in Gambia were mined near Brufut, apart from the small gold deposits in the upper reaches of the Gambia . In the 1950s, ilmenite (FeTiO 3 ) (also titanium iron ), an ore from which the metal titanium is extracted, was mined here. After a few years, however, the mining was stopped again because the world market price had developed unfavorably.
On November 15, 2006, it was announced that the Australian Carnegie Corporation had signed a five-year contract to resume mining the ore on the coast. For this purpose, Carnegie Minerals Gambia was founded. Geologists suspect larger deposits near the places Bafuloto , Sanyang and Kartong . According to rumors, the dismantling had already started in July, before the conclusion of the contract.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang (1941–2015), politician
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brufut 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 .
- ↑ Gambia starts mining ilmenite afrol News, November 15, 2006