Wuli (district)

Wuli
Location of the district in the Upper River Region
Location of the district in Gambia
Basic data
Parent region	Upper River
Geographical location	13 ° 30 ′  N , 14 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  W
population	40,683 (as of 2013)

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

According to a calculation from 2013 about 40,683 inhabitants live there, the result of the last published census of 2003 was 35,856.

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

Localities

The ten largest places are:

• Badja Kunda , 3938
• Sutokoba , 2972
• Sutukonding , 2092
• Gunjur Kuta , 1728
• Barrow Kunda , 1713
• Taibatou , 1649
• Brifu , 1426
• Jah Kunda , 1258
• Madina Koto, 1146
• Sare Ngaye, 1110

See also : List of localities in Gambia

population

According to a survey from 1993 (census at the time), the Mandinka represented the largest population group with a share of around six tenths, followed by the Serahule and the Fula. The distribution in detail: 62.7% Mandinka , 17.3% Fula , 0.1% Wolof , 0.1% Jola , 19.4% Serahule , 0% Serer , 0% Aku , 0% Manjago , 0.1 % Bambara and 0.3% other races.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wuli (district) 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