Fatoto

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Fatoto
The Gambia River at Fatoto
The Gambia River at Fatoto
Coordinates: 13 ° 24 '  N , 13 ° 53'  W
Map: Gambia
marker
Region: Upper River
District: Cantora
Residents: 1632 (2013)

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Road from Fatoto to Basse
Road from Fatoto to Basse

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

According to a calculation for 2013, about 1632 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 1317.

geography

Fatoto, at 16  m altitude, is located in the Upper River Region (URR), Kantora district and is located about five kilometers southeast of Garowol . Basse Santa Su , with the seat of the URR administrative unit, is 36 kilometers away. On the road Fatoto 436 kilometers from the country's capital Banjul removed. In the immediate vicinity, in the direction of Garowol, is the Kusum Forest Park .

The river Gambia has dug its way deep into the sandstone plateau on its upper course , so that up to twelve meters high steep banks have emerged here. The river itself is considered navigable up to here for vehicles up to 1.8 meters draft, which corresponds to about 480 kilometers of river. This is particularly important for transporting the peanut harvest to the seaport in Banjul. The tidal range of the Atlantic is noticeable up to this point.

Gambia's bird life is very extensive, in the vicinity of Fatoto, for example, the red-headed weaver ( Quelea erythrops ), the carmine spint ( Merops nubicus ) and the flame wida ( Euplectes hordeaceus ) have been observed. But the rare brown-coat scissors-beak ( Rynchops flavirostris ) can also be seen occasionally on the banks of the river.

Residents

The place is mainly inhabited by the Fulbe ethnic group , who are generally cattle breeding. There is a small market, a branch of the Gambian Post and the Gambia Telecommunication (Gamtel). There is also a peanut processing company.

See also

Individual evidence

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

literature

  • Jojo Cobbinah : Senegal / Gambia. Practical travel guide to the western tip of Africa (= Peter Meyer travel guide ). 3rd, updated, revised edition. Meyer, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-89859-103-4 .
  • Craig Emms, Linda Barnett, Richard Human: The Gambia. The Bradt Travel Guide (= Bradt Travel Guide ). 2nd edition. Bradt Travel Guides, Chalfont St. Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-137-4 .
  • Ilona Horn: Gambia. Small vacation paradise in West Africa. 2nd updated edition. Horn Ilona Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-932084-19-5 .
  • Rosel Jahn: Gambia. Travel guide with regional studies. With a travel atlas (= Mai's Weltführer. Vol. 29). Mai, Dreieich 1997, ISBN 3-87936-239-4 .

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