Sami (district)

Sami

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 , 14 ° 35 ′ W Coordinates: 13 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W

population

21,229 (as of 2013)

Sami (spelling variant: Sami 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 21,229 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 2003 was 19,157.

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Sami , 3040
Karantaba , 1907
Jarumeh Koto , 1405
Kunting , 1310
Ranerry, 898
Madina, 832
Dobo , 787
Sami Surua Kunda, 617
Banni, 571
Changai, 540

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at that time), the Mandinka represented the largest population group with a share of around six tenths, followed by the Fula and the Wolof. The distribution in detail: 55% Mandinka , 29.9% Fula , 12% Wolof , 0.3% Jola , 0.4% Serahule , 0% Serer , 0% Aku , 0% Manjago , 0.5% Bambara and 2 % other races.

Seyfo

Seyfo or Chief of the district was Kassum Leigh until his death on January 4, 2013 , he replaced Seyfo Morro Jawla on April 22, 2008 .

Individual evidence

↑ Sami (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] Sami (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