Lower Baddibu

Lower Baddibu
Location of the district in the North Bank Region
Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region	North Bank
Geographical location	13 ° 30 ′  N , 16 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  W
population	14,875 (as of 2013)

Lower Baddibu 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 North Bank Region .

According to a calculation from 2013 about 14,875 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 15,157.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Kerewan , 3534
• Saba , 1933
• Gunjur , 1299
• Suwareh Kunda , 1230
• Bani , 1091
• Kinteh Kunda , 1025
• Njawara, 808
• Kerr Ardo, 776
• Toro Mbayen , 602
• Yallal Ba, 337

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: 73.6% Mandinka , 11.6% Fula , 11% Wolof , 0.3% Jola , 0.2% Serahule , 1.4% Serer , 0% Aku , 0% Manjago , 1.4 % Bambara and 0.4% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lower Baddibu 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