Lower River Region

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Location of the region in Gambia
Lower River Region
Basic data
Administrative location	Mansa Konko
Districts	6th
Geographical center	13 ° 24 ′  N , 15 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 24 ′  N , 15 ° 42 ′  W
North South expansion	34 km
East-west expansion	113 km
surface	1,618 km²
population	75,841 (as of 2013)
Population density	47 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2	GM-L
Telephone code	(+220) 5

The Lower River Region (formerly: Lower River Division ) is one of six administrative units of the West African state of Gambia . The region corresponds to the Local Government Area Mansakonko .

geography

The 1618 km² region, with the seat of the administrative unit in Mansa Konko (314 inhabitants), is divided into six districts . With 75,841 inhabitants (2013 calculation) it is the least populated region of Gambia. The region extends south of the Gambia River in the west from the West Coast Region to the Central River Region in the east. The largest town with 10,411 inhabitants is Soma , in the Jarra West district , near Mansa Konko.

Districts

The six districts are: Kiang West , Kiang Central , Kiang East , Jarra West , Jarra Central and Jarra East .

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Soma , 10,707
• Baro Kunda , 2056
• Sankwia , 1982
• Toniataba , 1900
• Keneba , 1810
• Nioro , 1781
• Kaiaf , 1770
• Sutukung , 1555
• Wellingara Ba, 1525
• Bureng , 1520

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: 70.3% Mandinka , 20.9% Fula , 2.5% Wolof , 1.3% Jola , 3% Serahule , 0.4% Serer , 0% Aku , 0.8% Manjago , 0 , 1% Bambara and 0.7% other races.

history

In 1968 the North Bank Division was split off from the former Lower River Division .

At the end of 2007, as part of an administrative reform, the former Lower River Division became the Lower River Region .

See also : "History" in the article Administrative division of the Gambia

Population development

year population comment 1963 34,227 census 1973 42,447 census 1983 55.263 census 1993 65,146 census 2003 72,546 census 2005 73,474 calculation 2006 73,890 calculation 2007 74,280 calculation 2008 74,580 calculation 2009 74,875 calculation 2010 75.139 calculation 2012 75,595 calculation 2013 75,841 calculation

politics

The administrative unit is headed by a governor, and Lamin Waa Juwara has held this position since June 2009 .

See also : List of Governors of the Gambian Regions

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lower River Region 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