Somita
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Coordinates: 13 ° 12 ′ N , 16 ° 18 ′ W |
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| Region: | West coast | |
| District: | Foni Brefet | |
| Residents: | 2946 (2013)
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Somita is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, about 2,946 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 1,818.
geography
Somita, in the West Coast Region , Foni Brefet District , is about 43 kilometers east of Brikama and about twelve kilometers west of Sibanor . The city is on the South Bank Road , Gambia's main highway.
Culture and sights
Several places of worship are known at Somita :
- Dofeo Jalang : sacred tree
- Walijang : sacred trees
- Jalang Ndemban : sacred anthill
- Baren : historical tree
- Kaffurine : tree for circumcision
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Somita 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 .