Kombo South

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Districs of the Western Division. Kombo South is in dark green.

Kombo South is one of the nine districts of the Gambia's Western Division, which is located to the south of the Gambia River in the southwest of the country. Kombo South is in the southwest of the division, between Kombo Central and Kombo North/Saint Mary. In the 2013 census, it had a population of 108,773. [1]

Places in Kombo South include Gunjur, Sanyang and Jambanjelly. [2]

The district includes the southern Atlantic coast of the Gambia and the country's southernmost point.

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References

  1. "Population and Housing Census of Gambia, 2013 - Gambia Data Portal". gambia.opendataforafrica.org. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  2. Gambiangeog (2015-01-29). "GEOSOC UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA: THE HISTORY OF JAMBANJELLY by Lamin Nyassi 2130461". GEOSOC UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA. Retrieved 2024-02-05.

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