Kantora (district)

Cantora
Location of the district in the Upper River Region
Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region	Upper River
Geographical location	13 ° 25 ′  N , 13 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  W
population	32,682 (as of 2013)

Kantora is one of 35 districts - the second highest level of administrative division - in the West African state of Gambia . It is one of four districts in the Upper River Region .

According to a calculation from 2013 about 32,682 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 30,402.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Garowol , 8272
• Koina , 4089
• Missira Ba Mariama , 3123
• Nyamanari , 2208
• Fatoto , 1632
• Sudowol , 1587
• Song Kunda , 1380
• Keneba , 1228
• Gambisara Lamoi , 1059
• Kasi Kunda, 707

See also : List of localities in Gambia

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at the time), the Serahule made up the largest population group with a share of around six tenths, followed by the Mandinka and the Fula. The distribution in detail: 20% Mandinka , 18.9% Fula , 0.2% Wolof , 0.1% Jola , 59.2% Serahule , 0.1% Serer , 0% Aku , 0% Manjago , 1.2 % Bambara and 0.3% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kantora (district) 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