Upper Saloum

Location of the district in the Central River Region

Location of the district in Gambia

Basic data

Parent region

Central River

Geographical location

13 ° 45 ′ N , 15 ° 12 ′ W Coordinates: 13 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ N , 15 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W

population

18,817 (as of 2013)

Upper Saloum is one of 35 districts - the second highest level of administrative division - in the West African state of Gambia . It is one of ten districts in the Central River Region .

According to a calculation from 2013 about 18,817 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 15,970.

The name is derived from Saloum , a former small empire.

Localities

The ten largest places are:

Panchang , 1536
Barrel , 944
Bati Ndarr , 940
Njau , 723
Porly, 608
Bantanto Ebrima Khan, 527
Njau Sey Kunda, 491
Tamba, 479
Bantanto Musa Bah, 474
Bati Jamagen, 462

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at the time), the largest population group is the Wolof with a share of around six-tenths, followed by the Fula and the Mandinka. The distribution in detail: 1.9% Mandinka , 39.2% Fula , 56.5% Wolof , 0.2% Jola , 0.3% Serahule , 0.8% Serer , 0% Aku , 0% Manjago , 0 , 6% Bambara and 0.5% other races.

Individual evidence

↑ Upper Saloum on bevoelkerungsstatistik.de (no longer available online, last accessed May 2013)
^ Population by Ethnicity, by Settlement and Local Government Area. (Gambians Only) ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) PDF file

[1] Upper Saloum 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