West Coast Region (Gambia)

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West Coast Division Location of the region in Gambia
West Coast Division West Coast Region
Basic data
Administrative location Brikama
Districts 9
Geographical center 13 ° 15 ′  N , 16 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 15 ′  N , 16 ° 19 ′  W
North South expansion 43 km
East-west expansion 110 km
surface 1,764 km²
population 594,854 (as of 2013)
Population density 337 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 GM-W
Telephone code (+220) 4

The West Coast Region (formerly: Western Division and Western Region ) is one of six administrative units of the West African state of Gambia . The region corresponds to the Local Government Area Brikama .

geography

The 1764 km² region, with the seat of the administrative unit in Brikama (84,608 inhabitants), is further divided into nine districts . With 594,854 inhabitants (2013 calculation) it is the most densely populated region of the Gambia. The region stretches from the Atlantic coast south of the Gambia River to the Lower River Region in the east. In the north, the Kombo-St. Mary Area , which is a district of the Greater Banjul Area , to Kombo North District . Brikama, in the Kombo Central district , is the largest town in the Western Region with 101,119 inhabitants.

Districts

The nine districts are: Kombo North , Kombo South , Kombo Central , Kombo East , Foni Brefet , Foni Bintang-Karanai , Foni Kansala , Foni Bondali, and Foni Jarrol .

Localities

The ten largest places are:

population

According to a survey from 1993 ( census at that time ), the largest population group is the Mandinka with a share of around five-tenths, followed by the Fula and the Wolof. The distribution in detail: 45.3% Mandinka , 11.4% Fula , 5.8% Wolof , 27.1% Jola , 1.2% Serahule , 2.3% Serer , 0.3% Aku , 4% Manjago , 0.4% Bambara and 2.2% other races.

history

At the end of 2007, the former Western Division became the Western Region as part of an administrative reform . In October 2010 the Western Region was changed to the West Coast Region in order to better reflect the character of the region in the name.

Population development

year population comment
1963 55,393 census
1973 91.013 census
1983 137.245 census
1993 234.917 census
2003 392.987 census
2005 428.104 calculation
2006 446.680 calculation
2007 465.947 calculation
2008 486.710 calculation
2009 507,595 calculation
2010 529.280 calculation
2012 574,967 calculation
2013 594.854 calculation

politics

The administrative unit is headed by a governor, and Lamin Sanneh has held this position since 2009 .

Personalities of the region

Honorary Citizen of the West Coast Region

Individual evidence

  1. West Coast Region (Gambia) 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
  3. New name for Western Region ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Daily Observer of October 20, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / observer.gm
  4. https://allafrica.com/stories/201506050825.html