Combo East

Combo East
Location of the district in the West Coast Region
Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region	West Coast Region
Geographical location	13 ° 13 ′  N , 16 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  W
population	33,849 (as of 2013)

Kombo East is one of 35 districts - the second highest level of administrative division - in the West African state of Gambia . It is one of nine districts in the West Coast Region .

According to a calculation from 2013 about 33,849 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 28,146.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Kafuta , 4274
• Berending , 3737
• Faraba Banta , 3681
• Pirang , 2754
• Bassori , 2701
• Kuloro , 2663
• Faraba Mano Kang, 2135
• Jiboro , 1662
• Tubakuta , 1349
• Sotokoi , 1313

See also : List of localities in Gambia

population

According to a survey from 1993 ( census at the time ), the Mandinka represented the largest population group with a share of around five-tenths, followed by the Jola and the Fula. The distribution in detail: 50.2% Mandinka , 10.7% Fula , 0.6% Wolof , 28.8% Jola , 0.4% Serahule , 2% Serer , 0% Aku , 4.4% Manjago , 0 , 1% Bambara and 2.7% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kombo 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