Niani (District)

Niani

Location of the district in the Central River Region

Location of the district in Gambia

Basic data

Parent region

Central River

Geographical location

13 ° 40 ′ N , 14 ° 55 ′ W Coordinates: 13 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ W

population

24,806 (as of 2013)

Niani (spelling variant: Niani Kuntaur ) 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 24,806 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 22,242.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Kuntaur , 3074
Wassu , 1509
Sukuta , 1491
Kass, 1213
Njokul Ndowen, 997
Jakaba , 916
Palol , 859
Kaiai , 812
Tuba Koto , 729
Barajally , 726

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at that time), the Mandinka represented the largest population group with a share of around three-tenths, followed by the Fula and the Wolof. The distribution in detail: 34.6% Mandinka , 31.5% Fula , 30.5% Wolof , 0.4% Jola , 0.3% Serahule , 0.4% Serer , 0.2% Aku , 0.2 % Manjago , 1% Bambara and 1.1% other ethnic groups.

Individual evidence

↑ Niani (district) 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] Niani (district) 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