Wassadu
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Coordinates: 13 ° 13 ′ N , 15 ° 52 ′ W |
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| Region: | West coast | |
| District: | Foni Jarrol | |
| Residents: | 904 (2013)
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Wassadu (name variant: Wassadung and Wasadung ) is a town in the West African state of Gambia .
According to a calculation for 2013, around 904 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census from 1993 was 674.
geography
Wassadu is in the east of the West Coast Region , Foni Jarrol District . The place is about 1.5 miles south of South Bank Road and is on the road that leads south.
Culture and sights
Several places of worship are known near Wassadu :
- Dua dula : holy grove
- Dua Bantang : sacred and religious site tree
- not shown : holy tree
- not shown : holy grove
- Jalang Bantang : holy place
Sons and daughters of the place
- Kukoi Samba Sanyang (1952–2013), leader of an attempted coup
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wassadu 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 .