West Coast Region (Gambia)
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West Coast Region | |
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Administrative location | Brikama |
Districts | 9 |
Geographical center | 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 |
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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:
- Brikama , 84.608
- Lamin , 39.183
- Nema Kunku , 36.134
- Brufut , 31,749
- Sukuta , 31,674
- Gunjur , 22,244
- Wellingara , 16.116
- Busumbala , 13,292
- Yundum , 13.021
- Mandinari , 12,572
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
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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
- 2015 - Amadou Samba and Musa Babadinding Ceesay
Individual evidence
- ↑ West Coast Region (Gambia) 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ https://allafrica.com/stories/201506050825.html