Kiang 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 ° 38 ′ W Coordinates: 13 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ N , 15 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ W

population

6,316 (as of 2013)

Kiang 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 6316 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 6534.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Kaiaf , 1770
Massembe, 912
Madina Sancha, 662
Genieri , 649
Kolior Nyamala, 603
Njelten, 416
Sare Samba, 262
Jasobo, 260
Jomarr, 224
Toranka Bantang, 173

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: 70.8% Mandinka , 17.2% Fula , 10.7% Wolof , 0.3% Jola , 0.3% Serahule , 0.5% Serer , 0% Aku , 0% Manjago , 0 % Bambara and 0.2% other races.

Individual evidence

↑ Kiang East on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
^ Population by Ethnicity, by Settlement and Local Government Area. (Gambians Only) ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) PDF file

[1] Kiang 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