Foni Bintang-Karanai

Foni Bintang-Karanai
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 ° 15 ′  N , 16 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  W
population	20,185 (as of 2013)

Foni Bintang-Karanai (spelling variant: Foni Bintang Karanai ) is one of 35 districts - the second highest level of administrative organization - 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 20,185 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 15,994.

history

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

The district emerged from the merger of the two original districts Foni Bintang and Foni Karanai.

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Sibanor , 4681
• Bintang , 1125
• Batabut Kantora , 1052
• Bajakarr , 902
• Jakoi Sibrik, 772
• Jifanga, 721
• Catacorr, 664
• Kandonku, 639
• Arangalain, 585
• Bulanjor, 528

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 seven tenths, followed by the Mandinka and the Fula. The distribution in detail: 22.4% Mandinka , 4.8% Fula , 0.6% Wolof , 66.3% Jola , 0.5% Serahule , 0.6% Serer , 0% Aku , 3.6% Manjago , 0.1% Bambara and 1% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Foni Bintang-Karanai 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