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West Coast Region, originally the Western Division, also known as Foni or Fonyi, was one of the five administrative divisions of the Gambia. Its capital was Brikama. It was subsequently reorganised as the Brikama Local Government Area (LGA), without any change in the area covered.
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Foni Brefet 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. Foni Brefet is in the center of the division, between Kombo East and Foni Bintang-Karenai.
Kombo Central 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 Central is in the southwest of the division, between Kombo East and Kombo South. In the 2013 census, it had a population of 142,831.
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- ↑ "Population and Housing Census of Gambia, 2013 - Gambia Data Portal". gambia.opendataforafrica.org. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- ↑ 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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