Madina (Gambia)

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Madina
Coordinates: 13 ° 21 ′  N , 15 ° 46 ′  W
Map: Gambia
marker
Region: Lower River
District: Kiang Central
Residents: 597 (2013)

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Madina (name variant: Madina Angaleh ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .

According to a calculation for 2013, around 597 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 540.

geography

Madina is located in the Lower River Region in the Kiang Central District . The place is about 5.9 kilometers southeast of Kwinella , on the South Bank Road .

Culture and sights

According to a listing by the National Center for Arts & Culture , Madina was a location of a tattoo .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Madina (Gambia) on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
  2. Allen Meagher (ed.): Historic sites of The Gambia. Ada Dinkiralu (Mandinka), Bereb-I-Chosan (Wolof), Tarica Tawal (Fula), Nannin (Jola), Soninke Ada (Serehuli), I-Mofan Chosan (Serer). An official guide to the monuments and sites of The Gambia. National Council for the Arts and Culture, Banjul The Gambia 1998, ISBN 9983-80-011-014 .