North Bank Division
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Key facts
- Country
- Gambia
- Capital
- Kerewan
- Total
- 2,256 km (871 sq mi)
- Density
- 97.98/km (253.8/sq mi)
- Area code
- (+220)
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- The Gambia
- Located in
- The Gambia
- Area
- 2256
- Image
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Encyclopedic overview
North Bank was one of the five administrative divisions of the Gambia. Its capital was Kerewan. It was subsequently reorganised as the Kerewan Local Government Area (LGA), without any change in the area covered.
Per 2013 census, the region had a population of 221,054 with a population density of 98 inh./km. The total number of households was 18,458 as of 2003. As of 2003, the total area of the region is 2255.5 km. The infant mortality rate was 81 for every thousand births and the under-five mortality was 109 per every thousand births. The poverty gap ratio was 33.2 per cent as of 2003.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “North Bank Division” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.