Foni Jarrol
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![]() Location of the district in the West Coast Region |
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Basic data | |||
Parent region | West Coast Region | ||
Geographical location | 13 ° 14 ′ N , 15 ° 50 ′ 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