Districts of Gambia

Gambia is divided into a city and five divisions. Alternatively, it is divided into eight local government areas (LGAs), where each LGA is either a division or a part of one. The LGAs, and hence the divisions, are further subdivided into districts. These maps show the boundaries of the districts: Map  Map . There are some minor discrepancies among various lists of districts. The following list is one way to break up the area of Gambia.

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DistrictHASCLGAPop-2013
BanjulGM.BJ.BJL31,054
BasseGM.UR.BSE49,102
Central BaddibuGM.NB.CBN19,491
Foni Bintang-KarenaiGM.WE.FOA17,119
Foni BondaliGM.WE.FBA7,578
Foni BrefetGM.WE.FFA14,523
Foni JarrolGM.WE.FJA6,883
Foni KansalaGM.WE.FKA14,125
IlliasaGM.NB.ILN48,620
JanjanburehGM.MC.JJH3,789
Jarra CentralGM.LR.JCO8,342
Jarra EastGM.LR.JEO16,034
Jarra WestGM.LR.JWO26,214
JimaraGM.UR.JME43,461
JokaduGM.NB.JON22,312
KanifingGM.BJ.KFG377,134
KantoraGM.UR.KTE38,354
Kiang CentralGM.LR.KIO8,661
Kiang EastGM.LR.KGO6,801
Kiang WestGM.LR.KWO14,990
Kombo CentralGM.WE.KCA140,029
Kombo EastGM.WE.KEA42,330
Kombo North/Saint MaryGM.WE.KNA339,377
Kombo SouthGM.WE.KSA106,780
Lower BaddibuGM.NB.LBN17,961
Lower Fuladu WestGM.MC.LFH39,804
Lower NiumiGM.NB.LNN57,088
Lower SaloumGM.MC.LSR15,446
Niamina DankunkuGM.MC.NDH6,083
Niamina EastGM.MC.NEH24,340
Niamina WestGM.MC.NWH7,141
NianiGM.MC.NIR28,343
NianijaGM.MC.NJR9,876
Sabach SanjalGM.NB.SSN23,728
SamiGM.MC.SMR24,365
SanduGM.UR.SNE23,659
TumanaGM.UR.TME37,206
Upper Fuladu WestGM.MC.UFH44,047
Upper NiumiGM.NB.UNN30,880
Upper SaloumGM.MC.USR18,673
Wuli EastGM.UR.WEE23,612
Wuli WestGM.UR.WWE21,826
37 districts1,857,181
  • District: Banjul is a city council, and Kanifing is a
    municipal council.
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.
    The middle two letters identify the division. For key,
    see the Divisions of Gambia page.
  • LGA: Local Government Area containing the district.
    For key, see Divisions of Gambia.
  • Pop-2013: 2013-04-08 census (final).

Other names of subdivisions:

Foni Bintang-Karenai: Foni Bintang Karanai (variant)
Janjanbureh: Georgetown, MacCarthy Island (obsolete); Janjangburreh (variant)
Kanifing: K.M.C., K.U.D.C. (variant)
Kombo North/Saint Mary: Kombo, Kombo North, Kombo Saint Mary (variant); Kombo Sainte Marie (French)
Niumi: Nuimi (variant)

Change history:

In 1996 four districts were split into nine new districts. Fulladu West was split into Upper Fuladu West and Lower Fuladu West. Upper Baddibu was split into Illiasa and Sabach Sanjal. Fulladu East was split into Basse, Jimara, and Tumana. Wuli was split into Wuli East and Wuli West. Below are the districts before 1996 and the districts used in the 2003 census:

DistrictHASCLGAPop-2003Pop-1993
BanjulGM.BJ.BJL34,82842,326
Central BaddibuGM.NB.CBN14,99815,060
Foni Bintang-KarenaiGM.WE.FOA15,99411,397
Foni BondaliGM.WE.FBA6,0494,594
Foni BrefetGM.WE.FFA11,4118,529
Foni JarrolGM.WE.FJA5,9435,355
Foni KansalaGM.WE.FKA12,2477,748
Fulladu EastGM.UR.FEE98,45484,327
Fulladu WestGM.MC.FWH71,66957,995
JanjanburehGM.MC.JJH3,4662,813
Jarra CentralGM.LR.JCO6,4946,084
Jarra EastGM.LR.JEO12,50511,272
Jarra WestGM.LR.JWO24,41620,673
JokaduGM.NB.JON17,85014,874
KanifingGM.BJ.KFG322,410228,214
KantoraGM.UR.KTE30,40226,502
Kiang CentralGM.LR.KIO7,8867,282
Kiang EastGM.LR.KGO6,5346,356
Kiang WestGM.LR.KWO14,71113,479
Kombo CentralGM.WE.KCA84,31556,094
Kombo EastGM.WE.KEA28,14621,028
Kombo North/Saint MaryGM.WE.KNA166,35180,478
Kombo SouthGM.WE.KSA62,53139,694
Lower BaddibuGM.NB.LBN15,15714,391
Lower NiumiGM.NB.LNN44,49135,147
Lower SaloumGM.MC.LSR13,52414,179
Niamina DankunkuGM.MC.NDH6,0006,089
Niamina EastGM.MC.NEH19,03415,402
Niamina WestGM.MC.NWH6,6305,948
NianiGM.MC.NIR22,24218,531
NianijaGM.MC.NJR8,2056,439
SamiGM.MC.SMR19,15716,073
SanduGM.UR.SNE18,32114,689
Upper BaddibuGM.NB.UBN55,37055,438
Upper NiumiGM.NB.UNN24,94021,552
Upper SaloumGM.MC.USR15,97012,552
WuliGM.UR.WUE35,85629,541
37 districts1,364,5071,038,145
  • District: Banjul is a city council, and Kanifing is a
    municipal council.
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.
    The middle two letters identify the division. For key,
    see the Divisions of Gambia page.
  • LGA: Local Government Area containing the district.
    For key, see Divisions of Gambia.
  • Pop-2003: 2003-04-15 census (provisional).
  • Pop-1993: 1993-04-15 census.

I've added the populations from the 1993 and 2003 censuses. I also dropped Dappo district, because I can't find much evidence that it exists. It may have been absorbed into another district. Banjul may be divided into the districts of Banjul Central, Banjul North, and Banjul South, but most sources show it as just one district.

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