Kaiai
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Coordinates: 13 ° 35 ′ N , 14 ° 52 ′ W |
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| Region: | Central River | |
| District: | Niani | |
| Residents: | 812 (2013)
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Kaiai (spelling variants: Kayai or Kai Hai ; name variant: rarely Ngunta ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, around 812 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 604.
geography
Kaiai is in the administrative unit Central River Division , District Niani , about two and a half kilometers north of the banks of the Gambia River , in the amount of Kai Hai Islands .
history
The British African explorer Mungo Park came on his return from his first trip through Kaiai, which he called Kayee , and started his return trip to Europe here in 1797.
Culture and sights
An old cult site is known near Kaiai .
sons and daughters of the town
- Dembo Jobarteh (1976-2008), musician
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaiai on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ Allen Meagher (ed.): Historic sites of The Gambia. Ada Dinkiralu (Mandinka), Bereb-I-Chosan (Wolof), Tarica Tawal (Fula), Nannin (Jola), Soninke Ada (Serehuli), I-Mofan Chosan (Serer). An official guide to the monuments and sites of The Gambia. National Council for the Arts and Culture, Banjul The Gambia 1998, ISBN 9983-80-011-014