Combo South

Combo South
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 ° 15 ′  N , 16 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  W
population	88,037 (as of 2013)

Kombo South 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 88,037 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 62,531.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Gunjur , 22,244
• Sifoe , 7219
• Tanji , 6690
• Farato , 6540
• Sanyang , 6534
• Jambajeli , 6177
• Kartong , 5651
• Tujereng , 5646
• Jamburr , 2861
• Njonfellah , 1613

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 six tenths, followed by the Jola and the Fula. The distribution in detail: 57.2% Mandinka , 7.8% Fula , 2.8% Wolof , 21.5% Jola , 0.6% Serahule , 3.3% Serer , 0% Aku , 5.7% Manjago , 0.3% Bambara and 0.9% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kombo South 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