Greater Banjul Area

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Greater Banjul Area Division Location of the region in Gambia
Greater Banjul Area Division Greater Banjul Area
Basic data
Administrative location Banjul
Districts 2
Geographical center 13 ° 27 '  N , 16 ° 40'  W Coordinates: 13 ° 26 '38 "  N , 16 ° 39' 41"  W
North South expansion 10 km
East-west expansion 16 km
surface 88 km²
population 454,233 (as of 2013)
Population density 5,162 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 GM-B
Telephone code (+220) 4

Greater Banjul Area is one of six administrative units in western Gambia .

geography

The 88 km² administrative unit with 454,233 inhabitants (2013 calculation) holds a special position among the regions. In it the capital Banjul ( City of Banjul ) and the municipality Kanifing ( Kanifing Municipal ) are combined.

About a quarter of the Gambia's population lives in this administrative unit, which takes up less than one percent of the land area.

Administrative districts

places

Population development

year population comment
1963 40,017 census
1973 78.185 census
1983 145.612 census
1993 270,540 census
2003 357.238 census
2005 379.780 calculation
2006 391.231 calculation
2007 402.753 calculation
2008 414,445 calculation
2009 425.992 calculation
2010 437,531 calculation
2012 460.906 calculation
2013 454.233 calculation

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)