Toniataba
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Coordinates: 13 ° 26 ′ N , 15 ° 35 ′ W |
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| Region: | Lower River | |
| District: | Jarra West | |
| Residents: | 1900 (2013)
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Toniataba (spelling variant: Tonia Taba ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, around 1900 people live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 1452.
geography
Toniataba is located in the Lower River Region in the Jarra West district and is around five kilometers from Soma . The place is about two kilometers away from South Bank Road .
Culture and sights
In Toniataba, a historical building is known as a place of worship . It is Gambia's largest traditional thatched round hut, beneath it is a famous Mandinka - Marabout buried, a descendant living in the cottage.
According to a listing by the National Center for Arts & Culture , Toniataba was a location of a tattoo .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Toniataba on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
- ↑ a b 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 .
- ↑ Rosel Jahn, Wolfgang Jahn: Gambia. Travel guide with regional studies. With a travel atlas (= Mai's Weltführer. Vol. 29). Mai, Dreieich 1997, ISBN 3-87936-239-4 .