Sibanor
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Coordinates: 13 ° 12 ′ N , 16 ° 12 ′ W |
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| Region: | West coast | |
| District: | Foni Bintang-Karanai | |
| Residents: | 4681 (2013)
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Sibanor is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013 about 4681 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 2631.
geography
Sibanor is located in the West Coast Region , Foni Bintang-Karanai District , about 50 kilometers east of Brikama and about twelve kilometers west of Bwiam . The city is on South Bank Road and benefits from long-distance transportation .
Culture and sights
At Sibanor a sacred and religious cemetery is known as a place of worship under the name of Fang Kaliya .
Sons and daughters of the place
- Dominic Mendy (* 1959), politician and economic advisor
- Ousman Badjie (* 1967), General
- Saruba Colley (* 1989), track and field athlete
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sibanor on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ 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 .