Foni Kansala
| Foni Kansala | ||||
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 Location of the district in the West Coast Region |
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| Parent region | West Coast Region | |||
| Geographical location | 13 ° 13 ' N , 16 ° 3' W | |||
| population | 17,346 (as of 2013) | |||
Foni Kansala 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 17,346 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 12,247.
The name is derived from Foni , a former small empire.
Localities
The ten largest places are:
- Bwiam , 4163
- Sanajor , 1473
- Kankuntu, 936
- Kanilai , 877
- Kamfenda, 852
- Dasilami, 812
- Burock, 715
- Dobong, 688
- Kamfenda Baji Kunda, 445
- Kampant, 405
population
According to a survey from 1993 ( census at the time ), the largest population group is the Jola with a share of around seven tenths, followed by the Mandinka and the Fula. The distribution in detail: 13.7% Mandinka , 5.6% Fula , 3% Wolof , 71.9% Jola , 2.5% Serahule , 0.9% Serer , 0% Aku , 0.7% Manjago , 0 , 3% Bambara and 1.4% other races.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Foni Kansala 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
West Coast Region Districts