Tuba Kolong

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Tuba Kolong
Coordinates: 13 ° 22 ′  N , 16 ° 28 ′  W
Map: Gambia
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Region: North Bank
District: Upper Niumi
Residents: 1547 (2013)

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Tuba Kolong (spelling variant: Tubakolong and Tubo Kolong ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .

According to a calculation for 2013, about 1547 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 1239.

geography

Tuba Kolong is located on the north bank of the Gambia River in the North Bank Region , Upper Niumi District . The place is west of the road that leads from Essau via Aljamdu to Albreda .

Culture and sights

At Tuba Kolong, a historical fountain is known as a place of worship under the name Tubabu Kolong .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Tuba Kolong on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
  2. 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 .