Dumbutu

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Dumbutu
Coordinates: 13 ° 21 ′  N , 15 ° 50 ′  W
Map: Gambia
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Region: Lower River
District: Kiang West
Residents: 841 (2013)

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

According to a calculation for 2013, there are around 841 inhabitants, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 749.

geography

Dumbutu is located in the Lower River Region in the Kiang West District on the South Bank Road between Wurokang and Sankandi . Wurokang is around 3.8 kilometers north-northwest and Sankandi around 6.3 kilometers south.

One of the entrances to Kiang West National Park is in Dumbutu , and it is best connected to the Gambian highway network.

Culture and sights

Several places of worship are known near Dumbutu :

  • Sitanding Wuleng : holy and religious tomb
  • Soto Jamba Wuleng : sacred and religious tree
  • Farankunko : sacred and religious grove
  • Sitanding Koyoto : sacred and religious grove
  • Taba Tunkuno : historical tree

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dumbutu on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
  2. ↑ 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