Jarra Central

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Jarra Central
Jarra Central Division
Location of the district in the Lower River Region
Jarra Central (Gambia)
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Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region Lower River
Geographical location 13 ° 25 ′  N , 15 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  W
population 6,511 (as of 2013)

Jarra Central is one of 35 districts - the second highest level of administrative division - in the West African state of Gambia . It is one of six districts in the Lower River Region .

According to a calculation from 2013 about 6511 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 6494.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

  • Japineh Marikoto, 1460
  • Jalambereh, 906
  • Japineh Tembeto, 550
  • Buiba Mandinka, 504
  • Badume , 453
  • Jalambereh Korosima, 391
  • Sitahuma, 261
  • Diganteh, 255
  • Sasita Touranka, 247
  • Foroya, 226

population

According to a survey from 1993 ( census at that time ), the Mandinka represented the largest population group with a share of around four-tenths, followed by the Fula and the Serahule. The distribution in detail: 38.2% Mandinka , 33% Fula , 0.3% Wolof , 0.4% Jola , 21.3% Serahule , 0.9% Serer , 0% Aku , 5.6% Manjago , 0 % Bambara and 0.3% other races.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jarra Central 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