Foni Jarrol

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 ° 14 ′ N , 15 ° 50 ′ W Coordinates: 13 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ N , 15 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W

population

7,146 (as of 2013)

Foni Jarrol 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 7146 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 5943.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Sintet , 1113
Wassadu , 904
Jarrol, 896
Kampasa Kolly Kunda, 507
Sintet Fula Kunda, 496
Kalagi , 480
Kabonbo, 371
Brumen, 337
Kansambou, 335
Jorem Drammeh Kunda, 282

population

According to a survey from 1993 ( census at the time ), the largest population group is the Jola with a share of around four-tenths, followed by the Mandinka and the Fula. The distribution in detail: 24.4% Mandinka , 20% Fula , 0.5% Wolof , 38% Jola , 0.1% Serahule , 0.5% Serer , 0% Aku , 0.3% Manjago , 0.1 % Bambara and 16.2% other races.

Individual evidence

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

[1] Foni Jarrol 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