Kiang Central

Kiang Central
Location of the district in the Lower River Region
Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region	Lower River
Geographical location	13 ° 24 ′  N , 15 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  W
population	8,018 (as of 2013)

Kiang 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 8018 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 7886.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Nema , 1173
• Kwinella , 787
• Sibito , 689
• Jiroff , 622
• Madina , 597
• Wurokang , 540
• Tendaba , 426
• Bambaka , 386
• Nema Kuta , 268
• Bumarr, 242

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: 65% Mandinka , 32.5% Fula , 0.6% Wolof , 0.6% Jola , 0% Serahule , 0.6% Serer , 0.1% Aku , 0% Manjago , 0.2 % Bambara and 0.4% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kiang 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