Niamina West

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

population

6,942 (as of 2013)

Niamina West 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 6,942 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 6,630.

The name is derived from Niamina - a former small Mandinka empire.

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Sambang , 932
Katamina , 595
Pinai , 535
Kerr Katim , 530
Jawula , 401
Nana , also Nana Village , 320
Kumbaney , 304
Dalaba , 270
Wellingara Momodou, 270
Madina Madi, 269

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: 27.3% Mandinka , 57.6% Fula , 11% Wolof , 0.1% Jola , 1.1% Serahule , 0.5% Serer , 0% Aku , 0.4% Manjago , 1 , 2% Bambara and 0.8% other races.

Individual evidence

↑ Niamina West 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 West 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