Jarra East

Jarra East
Location of the district in the Lower River Region
Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region	Lower River
Geographical location	13 ° 25 ′  N , 15 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  W
population	13,010 (as of 2013)

Jarra East 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 13,010 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 12,505.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Baro Kunda , 2056
• Sutukung , 1555
• Wellingara Ba, 1525
• Bureng, 1520
• Pakali Ba , 1262
• Dasilameh , 779
• Jassong, 766
• Dongoro Ba , 649
• Sukuta , 570
• Madina, 313

See also : List of localities in Gambia

population

According to a survey from 1993 ( census at that time ), the Mandinka represented the largest population group with a share of around seven tenths, followed by the Fula and the Serahule. The distribution in detail: 66.5% Mandinka , 27.5% Fula , 1% Wolof , 0.4% Jola , 2.8% Serahule , 0.1% Serer , 0.1% Aku , 0.1% Manjago , 0.2% Bambara and 1.3% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jarra 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