Upper River Region

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Upper River Division Location of the region in Gambia
Upper River Division Upper River Region
Basic data
Administrative location Basse Santa Su
Districts 4th
Geographical center 13 ° 24 '  N , 14 ° 11'  W Coordinates: 13 ° 23 '40 "  N , 14 ° 10' 31"  W
North South expansion 40 km
East-west expansion 82 km
surface 2,070 km²
population 202,153 (as of 2013)
Population density 98 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 GM-U
Telephone code (+220) 5

The Upper River Region (formerly: Upper River Division ) is one of six administrative units of the West African state of Gambia . The region corresponds to the Local Government Area Basse .

geography

The 2070 km² region, with the seat of the administrative unit in Basse Santa Su in the District Fulladu East (11,859 inhabitants), is further divided into four districts . With 202,153 inhabitants (2013 calculation) it is the easternmost region and only borders the Central River Region .

Districts

The four districts are: Fulladu East, Kantora , Wuli , and Sandu .

Localities

The ten largest places are:

population

According to a survey from 1993 ( census at that time ), the Mandinka represented the largest population group with a share of around three-tenths, followed by the Fula and the Wolof. The distribution in detail: 33.4% Mandinka , 23.9% Fula , 0.3% Wolof , 0.2% Jola , 40.5% Serahule , 0.2% Serer , 0% Aku , 0.1% Manjago , 0.7% Bambara and 0.6% other races.

history

At the end of 2007, as part of an administrative reform, the former Upper River Division became the Upper River Region .

Population development
year population comment
1963 58,049 census
1973 86,167 census
1983 111,388 census
1993 155.059 census
2003 183.033 census
2005 187.972 calculation
2006 190.353 calculation
2007 192.663 calculation
2008 194.716 calculation
2009 196.786 calculation
2010 198.773 calculation
2012 202,546 calculation
2013 202.153 calculation

politics

The administrative unit is headed by a governor; Kanimang Sanneh has held this position since September 2013 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Upper River Region 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