Jarra West

Jarra West
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 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  W
population	26,921 (as of 2013)

Jarra West 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 26,921 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 24,416.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Soma , 10,707
• Sankwia , 1982
• Toniataba , 1900
• Kani Kunda , 1490
• Karantaba , 1485
• Si Kunda , 1455
• Jenoi , 1358
• Jiffin , 789
• Diganteh, 759
• Missira , 710

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 Wolof. The distribution in detail: 71.4% Mandinka , 19.1% Fula , 3.6% Wolof , 1.8% Jola , 1.6% Serahule , 0.5% Serer , 0% Aku , 0.6% Manjago , 0.2% Bambara and 1.1% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jarra 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