Niamina Dankunku

Location of the district in the Central River Region

Location of the district in Gambia

Basic data

Parent region

Central River

Geographical location

13 ° 35 ′ N , 15 ° 20 ′ W Coordinates: 13 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 15 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ W

population

5,571 (as of 2013)

Niamina Dankunku 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 5571 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 6000.

The name is derived from Niamina - a former small Mandinka empire - and the place Dankunku .

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Dankunku , 1543
Tuba, 547
Jessadi , 434
Baro Kunda , 389
Madina Njugari, 376
Kerr Lien, 365
Misira Ousman, 312
Jakoto, 264
Babou Jobe, 222
Wellingara Ello, 208

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at the time), the largest population group is that of the Fula with a share of around six tenths, followed by the Mandinka and the Wolof. The distribution in detail: 26.6% Mandinka , 56% Fula , 12% Wolof , 0.3% Jola , 0.9% Serahule , 0.2% Serer , 0.2% Aku , 0.4% Manjago , 0 , 5% Bambara and 3% other ethnic groups.

Individual evidence

↑ Niamina Dankunku 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] Niamina Dankunku 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