Fulladu West

Location of the district in the Central River Region

Location of the district in Gambia

Basic data

Parent region

Central River

Geographical location

13 ° 30 ′ N , 14 ° 45 ′ W Coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W

population

82,513 (as of 2013)

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

According to a calculation from 2013 about 82,513 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 71,669.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Bansang , 8535
Brikama Ba , 4204
Madina Umfally , 3145
Kerewan Samba Sira , 2283
Saruja , 2196
Galleh , 2098
Jakhaly , 2010
Boiram , 1918
Njoben Alhagi Ibra Jobe, 1700
Pacharr Sanna Bayo, 1494

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at the time), the largest population group is the Fula with a share of around four-tenths, followed by the Mandinka and the Wolof. The distribution in detail: 31.5% Mandinka , 37.9% Fula , 17.7% Wolof , 0.8% Jola , 9.9% Serahule , 0.5% Serer , 0.1% Aku , 0.2 % Manjago , 0.6% Bambara and 0.8% other ethnic groups.

Individual evidence

↑ Fulladu West 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] Fulladu West 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