Kiang West

Kiang 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 ° 20 ′  N , 16 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W
population	15,065 (as of 2013)

Kiang 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 15,065 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 14,711.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Keneba , 1810
• Nioro , 1781
• Jiffarong , 1059
• Jali , 1044
• Tankular , 931
• Karantaba , 914
• Jataba , 848
• Dumbutu , 841
• Janneh Kunda , 811
• Mandaur , 651

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 nine tenths, followed by the Fula and the Jola. The distribution in detail: 87.9% Mandinka , 8.7% Fula , 0.2% Wolof , 2.8% Jola , 0.1% Serahule , 0.1% Serer , 0.1% Aku , 0.1 % Manjago , 0% Bambara and 0.1% other ethnic groups.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kiang 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