The Gambia is subdivided into 43 districts. They are listed below by Local Government Area (previously Regions, known as Divisions until 2007), each with its population at the 15 April 2013 census (provisional returns).[1]
The former Banjul Region is now divided into two Local Government Areas (LGAs) - Banjul City (which is now subdivided into 3 districts) and Kanifing (consisting of a single district).
districts, gambia, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Districts of the Gambia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Gambia is subdivided into 43 districts They are listed below by Local Government Area previously Regions known as Divisions until 2007 each with its population at the 15 April 2013 census provisional returns 1 The former Banjul Region is now divided into two Local Government Areas LGAs Banjul City which is now subdivided into 3 districts and Kanifing consisting of a single district The former Central River Division is now divided into two LGAs Kuntaur LGA in the west and Janjanbureh LGA in the east Each of the other former Divisions has now become an LGA with no change in extent although each was renamed after its administrative centre Contents 1 Eastern Gambia 1 1 Basse LGA 1 2 Janjanbureh LGA 1 3 Kuntaur LGA 2 Western Gambia 2 1 Banjul LGA 2 2 Kanifing LGA 2 3 Brikama LGA 2 4 Kerewan LGA 2 5 Mansakonko LGA 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEastern Gambia editBasse LGA edit nbsp Districts of Upper River Division previously the Upper River Division Basse Fulladu East 49 990 Jimara 43 460 Kantora 38 784 Sandu 23 884 Tumana 37 561 Wuli East 23 691 Wuli West 22 546 Janjanbureh LGA edit nbsp Districts of Central River Division the southern half of the former Central River Division Fulladu West 84 961 Janjanbureh 3 988 Niamina Dankunku 6 097 Niamina East 24 571 Niamina West 7 293 Kuntaur LGA edit the northern half of the former Central River Division Lower Saloum 15 881 Niani 29 478 Nianija 10 175 Sami 24 429 Upper Saloum 19 145 Western Gambia editBanjul LGA edit nbsp Districts of BanjulThis Local Government Area encompasses the City of Banjul consisting of the island of that name previously called St Mary s Island Banjul Central 11 697 Banjul North 11 334 Banjul South 8 270 Kanifing LGA edit This district is the mainland extension of Banjul City comprising the majority of Greater Banjul It s coloured yellow on the map above Kanifing 382 096 Brikama LGA edit nbsp Districts of Western Division previously the Western Division Foni Bintang Karenai 16 986 Foni Bondali 7 741 Foni Brefet 14 414 Foni Jarrol 7 010 Foni Kansala 14 238 Kombo Central 142 831 Kombo East 42 955 Kombo North 344 756 Kombo South 108 773 Kerewan LGA edit nbsp Districts of North Bank Division previously the North Bank Division Central Baddibu 20 104 Illiasa 41 603 Jokadu 22 132 Lower Baddibu 18 030 Lower Niumi 57 358 Sabach Sanjal 30 347 Upper Niumi 31 480 Mansakonko LGA edit nbsp Districts of Lower River Division previously the Lower River Division Jarra Central 8 437 Jarra East 16 551 Jarra West 27 205 Kiang Central 8 366 Kiang East 6 849 Kiang West 14 953 See also edit nbsp The Gambia portalPolitics of the GambiaReferences edit Official Census Gambia Bureau of Statistics 2013 External links edithttp www statoids com ygm html http www oldmap co uk Africa html Archived 2008 10 04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Districts of the Gambia amp oldid 1190147560, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
