Foni Brefet

Foni Brefet
Location of the district in the West Coast Region
Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region	West Coast Region
Geographical location	13 ° 13 ′  N , 16 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  W
population	13,757 (as of 2013)

Foni Brefet is one of 35 districts - the second highest level of administrative division - in the West African state of Gambia . It is one of nine districts in the West Coast Region .

According to a calculation from 2013 about 13,757 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 11,411.

The name is derived from Foni , a former small empire.

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Somita , 2946
• Bulok , 2350
• Sutusinjang , 1588
• Ndemban Chapicho, 1225
• Bessi , 1120
• Bajana, 1052
• Kapongah, 747
• Ndemban Jola, 679
• Brefet , 600
• Ndembanba, 493

See also : List of localities in Gambia

population

According to a survey from 1993 ( census at the time ), the largest population group is the Jola with a share of around five-tenths, followed by the Mandinka and the Fula. The distribution in detail: 29.5% Mandinka , 9.6% Fula , 1.2% Wolof , 50.5% Jola , 0.5% Serahule , 1.2% Serer , 0% Aku , 5.8% Manjago , 0.3% Bambara and 1.5% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Foni Brefet on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
2. ^ Population by Ethnicity, by Settlement and Local Government Area. (Gambians Only) ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) PDF file