Lower Saloum

Location of the district in the Central River Region

Location of the district in Gambia

Basic data

Parent region

Central River

Geographical location

13 ° 43 ′ N , 15 ° 22 ′ W Coordinates: 13 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ N , 15 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W

population

12.007 (as of 2013)

Lower Saloum is one of 35 districts - the second highest level of administrative division - in the West African state of Gambia . It is one of ten districts in the Central River Region .

According to a calculation from 2013 about 12,007 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 13,524.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Kau-ur , 1957
Kaur Touray Kunda, 1421
Kaur Janneh Kunda , 1136
Jakha Worr, 660
Ballangharr Kerr Ndery Touray (also Balanghar or Balangar ), 561
Gengi, 551
Balangharr Hoi, 466
Gimbala Malick, 345
Gon Guru, 318
Simbara Khai, 278

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at the time), the largest population group is the Wolof with a share of around five tenths, followed by the Fula and the Mandinka. The distribution in detail: 15.9% Mandinka , 29.1% Fula , 50.3% Wolof , 0.5% Jola , 0.7% Serahule , 0.7% Serer , 0% Aku , 0.5% Manjago , 0.3% Bambara and 1.9% other races.

Individual evidence

↑ Lower Saloum on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
^ Population by Ethnicity, by Settlement and Local Government Area. (Gambians Only) ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) PDF file

[1] Lower Saloum 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