Fulladu East

Fulladu East
Location of the district in the Upper River Region
Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region	Upper River
Geographical location	13 ° 20 ′  N , 14 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  W
population	107,442 (as of 2013)

Fulladu East (spelling variant: Fuladu East ) is one of 35 districts - the second highest level of administrative division - in the West African state of Gambia . It is one of four districts in the Upper River Region .

According to a calculation from 2013 about 107,442 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 98,454.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Basse Santa Su , 11.859
• Sabi , 9987
• Gambissara , 9859
• Allunhari , 5784
• Demba Kunda , 5156
• Kularr , 4314
• Numuyel , 3994
• Dempha Kunda , 3829
• Dingiri , 2683
• Kaba Kama , 2383

See also : List of localities in Gambia

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at the time), the Serahule made up the largest population group with a share of around four-tenths, followed by the Fula and the Mandinka. The distribution in detail: 26.4% Mandinka , 27.3% Fula , 0.5% Wolof , 0.3% Jola , 43.2% Serahule , 0.4% Serer , 0.1% Aku , 0.2 % Manjago , 0.9% Bambara and 0.8% other ethnic groups.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fulladu East 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