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'''Kanifing''' (also '''Kanifeng''') is a municipality in [[the Gambia]], to the west of [[Banjul]]. The Kanifing [[Local Government Areas of the Gambia|Local Government Area]] has the largest population of any of the administrative districts in Gambia. It includes [[Serrekunda]], the largest urban area in the Gambia, as well as [[Bakau]]. It is governed by the '''Kanifing Municipal Council'''.
'''Kanifing''' is a municipality in [[the Gambia]], to the west of [[Banjul]]. It is coterminous with a [[Local Government Areas of the Gambia|local government area]] and a [[Districts of the Gambia|district]]. It has the largest population of any of the districts in the Gambia. It includes [[Serrekunda]], the largest urban area in the Gambia. It is governed by the '''Kanifing Municipal Council'''.

Kanifing is one of the most densely populated places in the country. Its population expanded in the post-colonial era. It has received many migrants from the rest of the Gambia and abroad. It has large populations of many ethnicities.

Kanifing is the economic center of the Gambia. Tourism is a major industry. There are several higher education institutes, including the [[University of the Gambia]].

== History ==
The [[Local government areas of the Gambia|local government area]] (LGA) of Kombo St. Mary was created in the 1960s. It was the eighth LGA to be created.<ref name="Hughes & Perfect">{{Cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Arnold |last2=Perfect |first2=David |chapter=Social and Economic Setting |date=2006-12-31 |title=A Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994 |pages=6–40 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781580466820-006/html |access-date=2024-08-28 |publisher=Boydell and Brewer |doi=10.1515/9781580466820-006 |isbn=978-1-58046-682-0}}</ref>{{rp|8}} The Kombo Rural Authority was renamed to the Kanifing Urban District Council in 1974. In 1991, it became the Kanifing Municipal Council.<ref name="ODI" />

Kanifing grew significantly in the post-colonial era. This was largely caused by immigration from nearby countries; in 1993, foreign nationals made up 20% of the population of the LGA. Kanifing's growth led to the country's [[urbanisation]] rate to increase from 23% in 1973 to 37% in 1993.<ref name="Hughes & Perfect" />{{rp|9}} This expansion led to higher property values and foreign investment.<ref>{{Citation |title=1 Peasants by Other Means: (Im)mobility and the Making of a Village Mooring |date=2015-12-31 |work=Bush Bound |page=56 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781805390220-006/html |access-date=2024-08-28 |publisher=Berghahn Books |doi=10.1515/9781805390220-006 |isbn=978-1-80539-022-0}}</ref>


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
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Kanifing is one of the eight [[local government areas of the Gambia]]. It is the only one that contains only one [[Districts of the Gambia|district]].<ref name="GBoS" />
Kanifing is one of the eight [[local government areas of the Gambia]]. It is the only one that contains only one [[Districts of the Gambia|district]].<ref name="GBoS" />


Kanifing lies immediately west of the capital city of [[Banjul]]. It has a land area of 75.5 square kilometers.<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=The Gambia: Kanifing Urban Area|url=https://www.zaragoza.es/contenidos/medioambiente/onu//issue06/1134-eng.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.zaragoza.es/contenidos/medioambiente/onu//issue06/1134-eng.pdf |title=The Gambia: Kanifing Urban Profile |publisher=[[UN Habitat]] |date= |isbn= 978-92-1-132380-1}}</ref> It is one of the most densely populated parts of the country. It includes [[Serekunda]], the country's largest urban area.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kebbeh |first1=Abou |last2=Dsane-Aidoo |first2=Paul |last3=Sanyang |first3=Kawsu |last4=Darboe |first4=Sheriffo M. K. |last5=Fofana |first5=Nuha |last6=Ameme |first6=Donne |last7=Sanyang |first7=Abdoulie M. |last8=Darboe |first8=Kalifa Sanneh |last9=Darboe |first9=Saffiatou |last10=Sanneh |first10=Bakary |last11=Kenu |first11=Ernest |last12=Anto |first12=Francis |date=2023-10-25 |title=Antibiotics susceptibility patterns of uropathogenic bacteria: a cross-sectional analytic study at Kanifing General Hospital, The Gambia |journal=BMC Infectious Diseases |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=723 |doi=10.1186/s12879-023-08373-y |doi-access=free |issn=1471-2334 |pmc=10599079 |pmid=37880663}}</ref>
Kanifing lies immediately west of the capital city of [[Banjul]]. Kanifing and Banjul comprise the Greater Banjul Area.<ref name="ODI" /> It has a land area of 75.5 square kilometers.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.zaragoza.es/contenidos/medioambiente/onu//issue06/1134-eng.pdf |title=The Gambia: Kanifing Urban Profile |publisher=[[UN Habitat]] |date= |isbn= 978-92-1-132380-1}}</ref> It includes [[Serekunda]], the country's largest urban area.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kebbeh |first1=Abou |last2=Dsane-Aidoo |first2=Paul |last3=Sanyang |first3=Kawsu |last4=Darboe |first4=Sheriffo M. K. |last5=Fofana |first5=Nuha |last6=Ameme |first6=Donne |last7=Sanyang |first7=Abdoulie M. |last8=Darboe |first8=Kalifa Sanneh |last9=Darboe |first9=Saffiatou |last10=Sanneh |first10=Bakary |last11=Kenu |first11=Ernest |last12=Anto |first12=Francis |date=2023-10-25 |title=Antibiotics susceptibility patterns of uropathogenic bacteria: a cross-sectional analytic study at Kanifing General Hospital, The Gambia |journal=BMC Infectious Diseases |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=723 |doi=10.1186/s12879-023-08373-y |doi-access=free |issn=1471-2334 |pmc=10599079 |pmid=37880663}}</ref>


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
Kanifing is the most densely populated part of the Gambia. It is the most populated district.<ref name="ODI">{{Cite report |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep51501 |title=Mayors Dialogue on Growth and Solidarity: City profile: Kanifing, The Gambia |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2020-12-15 |publisher=[[ODI (think tank)|ODI]]}}</ref>
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Kanifing Municipality has a population of 377,134, as of the 2013 census.<ref name="GBoS">{{Cite web |last=<!--not stated--> |date=1 June 2015 |title=Population and Housing Census of Gambia, 2013 |url=https://gambia.opendataforafrica.org/mmfoqkd/population-and-housing-census-of-gambia-2013 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Gambia Data Portal}}</ref> The 2023 population estimate is 391,270. The [[sex ratio]] is 1:1. The mean household size is 6.7. There are 40,367 people (11.63% of the population) in [[poverty]], 3,340 (1.0%) in [[extreme poverty]], and 117,648 (33.9%) in [[Food security|food poverty]]. Of the 251,712 people who are 15 or older, 122,726 are in the [[labor force]], including 108,474 who are [[employed]] and 254,337 who are [[unemployed]]. [[Child labor]] affects 3.5% of children aged 5–11, 9.7% aged 12–14, and 14.6% aged 15–17.<ref name="GBoS 2023">{{Cite web |last=<!--not stated--> |date=1 June 2015 |title=The 2023 Gambia Statistical Abstract |url=https://www.gbosdata.org/downloads/50-the-gambia-statistical-yearbooks-abstracts |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Gambia Data Portal}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
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|1963 |12208
|1973 |39404
|1983 |101504
|1993 |228214
|2013 |377134
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Kanifing Municipality has a population of 377,134, as of the 2013 census.<ref name="GBoS">{{Cite web |last=<!--not stated--> |date=1 June 2015 |title=Population and Housing Census of Gambia, 2013 |url=https://gambia.opendataforafrica.org/mmfoqkd/population-and-housing-census-of-gambia-2013 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Gambia Data Portal}}</ref> The 2023 population estimate is 391,270. The [[sex ratio]] is 1:1. The mean household size is 6.7. There are 40,367 people (11.63% of the population) in [[poverty]], 3,340 (1.0%) in [[extreme poverty]], and 117,648 (33.9%) in [[Food security|food poverty]].<ref name="GBoS 2023">{{Cite web |last=<!--not stated--> |date=1 June 2015 |title=The 2023 Gambia Statistical Abstract |url=https://www.gbosdata.org/downloads/50-the-gambia-statistical-yearbooks-abstracts |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Gambia Data Portal}}</ref>

The predominantly rural [[Mandinka people]] moved to cities in the post-colonial era. Kanifing's share of the Gambia's Mandinka population increased from 3% in 1963 to 16% in 1993.<ref name="Hughes & Perfect" />{{rp|15}} In 1993, Kanifing had about one-third of the country's [[Jola people]], nearly one-quarter of [[Soninke people|Serahuli people]], nearly one-third of [[Serer people]], and the majority of [[Aku people]].<ref name="Hughes & Perfect" />{{rp|18–21}}

As of the 2013 census, Kanifing has 33,790 immigrants, 30% of the country's total. The most common countries of origin are Senegal (34%) and Guinea (25%). As of 2020, it has 4,388 refugees and 211 [[asylum seeker]]s. Senegalese people comprise 92% of these, most of which have fled the [[Casamance conflict]]. It has 35% of the country's internal migrants.<ref name="ODI" />

In Kanifing and Banjul, the [[Wolof language]] is spoken as a [[lingua franca]] in multi-ethnic groups, rather than [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]] as in the rest of the country.<ref>{{Citation |title=2. Gambia’s Local Languages |date=2015-12-31 |work=Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society |page=35 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.21832/9781783094219-004/html |access-date=2024-08-28 |publisher=Multilingual Matters |doi=10.21832/9781783094219-004 |isbn=978-1-78309-421-9}}</ref>

In 1993, nearly half of the country's Christians lived in Kanifing.<ref name="Hughes & Perfect" />{{rp|26}}


=== Settlements ===
Kanifing has nineteen settlements:
Kanifing has nineteen settlements:
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== Government ==
== Government ==
[[File:ABENSOUDA.jpg|thumb|alt=Talib Ahmed Bensouda wearing a shirt with the Gambia flag and a badge with the Kanifing coat of arms.|Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda]]
[[File:ABENSOUDA.jpg|thumb|alt=Talib Ahmed Bensouda wearing a shirt with the Gambia flag and a badge with the Kanifing coat of arms.|Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda]]
The Kanifing Municipal Council is divided into seventeen wards, each led by a ward councillor, and seventy-four sub-wards, each led by a sub-ward chairman. It has seven [[National Assembly of the Gambia|parliamentary constituencies]]: [[Serekunda East]], [[Serekunda West]], [[Serekunda Central]], [[Jeshwang]], [[Bakau]], [[Latri Kunda|Latrikunda Sabiji]], and [[Tallinding]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Subdivisions of KMC |url=http://kanifing.gm/subdivisions-of-km/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Kanifing Municipal Council}}</ref>
The Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) is led by the Lord Mayor of Kanifing, who has administrative duties. Ward councilors manage welfare and development.<ref name="Kinteh & Bass" /> The municipality is divided into seventeen wards and seventy-four sub-wards, each led by a sub-ward chairman. It has seven [[National Assembly of the Gambia|parliamentary constituencies]]: [[Serekunda East]], [[Serekunda West]], [[Serekunda Central]], [[Jeshwang]], [[Bakau]], [[Latri Kunda|Latrikunda Sabiji]], and [[Tallinding]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Subdivisions of KMC |url=http://kanifing.gm/subdivisions-of-km/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Kanifing Municipal Council}}</ref>


[[Talib Ahmed Bensouda]], a member of the [[United Democratic Party (The Gambia)|United Democratic Party]], was elected Lord Mayor of Kanifing in the [[2018 Gambian local elections|2018 election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sillah |first=Nyima |date=31 March 2023 |title=Re-Election of Mayor Bensouda, 'the Best is yet to come- Lawyer Martin |url=https://www.voicegambia.com/2023/03/31/re-election-of-mayor-bensouda-the-best-is-yet-to-come-lawyer-martin/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=The Voice}}</ref> He was reelected in the [[2023 Gambian local elections|2023 election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--not stated--> |date=22 May 2023 |title=UDP celebrates success in LG election |url=https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/udp-celebrates-success-in-lg-election |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=[[The Point (the Gambia)|The Point]]}}</ref> He is the son of lawyer [[Amie Bensouda]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manneh |first=Alagie |date=26 June 2020 |title=Talib Bensouda Mayor, Kanifing municipality |url=https://standard.gm/talib-bensouda-mayor-kanifing-municipality/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=The Standard}}</ref>
[[Talib Ahmed Bensouda]], a member of the [[United Democratic Party (The Gambia)|United Democratic Party]], was elected Lord Mayor of Kanifing in the [[2018 Gambian local elections|2018 election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sillah |first=Nyima |date=31 March 2023 |title=Re-Election of Mayor Bensouda, 'the Best is yet to come- Lawyer Martin |url=https://www.voicegambia.com/2023/03/31/re-election-of-mayor-bensouda-the-best-is-yet-to-come-lawyer-martin/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=The Voice}}</ref> He was reelected in the [[2023 Gambian local elections|2023 election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--not stated--> |date=22 May 2023 |title=UDP celebrates success in LG election |url=https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/udp-celebrates-success-in-lg-election |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=[[The Point (the Gambia)|The Point]]}}</ref> He is the son of lawyer [[Amie Bensouda]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manneh |first=Alagie |date=26 June 2020 |title=Talib Bensouda Mayor, Kanifing municipality |url=https://standard.gm/talib-bensouda-mayor-kanifing-municipality/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=The Standard}}</ref>


The Deputy Mayor of KMC is Binta Janneh Jallow. She is the first woman to hold the position. She was appointed in July 2021 after the resignation of Pa Musa Bah. She was previously the ward councilor of Bakau New Town.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--not stated--> |date=26 July 2021 |title=Binta Janneh Jallow: Who is the new deputy KM mayor |url=https://fatunetwork.net/binta-janneh-jallow-who-is-the-new-deputy-km-mayor/ |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=Fatu Network}}</ref>
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==Sister cities==

The Crime Management Coordinator of KMC is Pateh Bah, {{as of|February 2024}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bah |first=Omar |date=21 February 2024 |title=Police Say Most Crimes Committed by Foreigners |url=https://standard.gm/police-say-most-crimes-committed-by-foreigners/ |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=The Standard}}</ref> He has held the position since its creation in 2017 by the [[Adama Barrow]] administration.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--not stated--> |date=5 July 2017 |title=New CMC For KMC-First Time In The History Of The Gambia Police Force |url=https://fatunetwork.net/new-cmc-kmc-first-time-history-gambia-police-force/ |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=Fatu Network}}</ref>

The Law Court Complex in Bundung the High Court, the Magistrates Court, and the [[Qadi|Cadi]] Court.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ceesay |first=Landing |date=10 February 2023 |title=Access To Justice: Judiciary Inaugurates New Court Complex In Bundung |url=https://www.kerrfatou.com/access-to-justice-judiciary-inaugurates-new-court-complex-in-bundung/ |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=Kerr Fatou}}</ref> The Kanifing Magistrates Court functions as the Children's Court on Tuesdays and Thursdays, despite the constitution providing for a full-time [[juvenile court]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Foley |first=Edmund Amarkwei |date=1 April 2012 |title=From Old Jeshwang to Kanifing : improving children's access to justice in The Gambia - challenges and prospects |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC120327 |journal=Article 40 |volume=14 |issue=1}}</ref>

==Economy==
Kanifing is the commercial hub of the Gambia.<ref name="Kinteh & Bass">{{Cite journal |last=Kinteh |first=Bakary |last2=Bass |first2=Paul |date=2023-12-01 |title=Prevalence and factors associated with occupational injuries among building construction workers in the Gambia |url=https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/29/6/500 |journal=[[Injury Prevention (journal)|Injury Prevention]] |language=en |volume=29 |issue=6 |pages=500–505 |doi=10.1136/ip-2023-044958 |issn=1353-8047 |pmid=37549985}}</ref> It has the highest concentration of industry of any district. Major industries include tourism, trade, and government. Kanifing has most of the country's hotels and coastal resorts. It contains [[Independence Stadium (Bakau)|the national football stadium]] and the Gambian Industrial Estate.<ref name="ODI" />

Of the 251,712 people who are 15 or older, 122,726 are in the [[labor force]], including 108,474 who are [[employed]] and 254,337 who are [[unemployed]]. [[Child labor]] affects 3.5% of children aged 5–11, 9.7% aged 12–14, and 14.6% aged 15–17.<ref name="GBoS 2023" /> Private firms employ 50.8% of the workforce, including 32.5% in wholesale and retail, 13% in manufacturing, and 17.5% in services. The city's youth unemployment rate is 6.5%, lower than most of the country, but it is over 20% for people with higher education.<ref name="ODI" />

Bensouda's government has planned an [[affordable housing]] project to build 8,000 homes.<ref name="Bobb" />

== Infrastructure ==
=== Waste management ===
The [[Local Government Act (the Gambia)]] 2002 gives municipalities the responsibility of [[waste management]]. The Environment and Sanitation Unit (ESU), part of the KMC's Directorate of Services, is responsible for waste and other [[environmental health]] issues. The ESU performs daily street cleaning and market waste collection, collects waste from public facilities, and clears illegal dumps. The KMC has no official [[waste separation]] or [[recycling]] programmes. It has created pilot programs for [[composting]]. KMC spends 25% of its budget on waste management.<ref name="Kumar et al">{{Cite report |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep51222.10 |title=Case study: Kanifing Municipal Council |last=Kumar |first=Claire |last2=Bailey-Morley |first2=Anna |date=2022 |publisher=ODI |pages=32–42 |last3=Kargbo |first3=Eugenia |last4=Sanyang |first4=Lamin}}</ref>

The [[Bakoteh Dumpsite]] is the largest in the country, collecting all waste in the Greater Banjul Area. It is overfilled and does not have modern disposal systems. It is located in a dense area, near Bakoteh, Dippa Kunda, and Manjai Kunda. Its environmental impacts include methane fires, water contamination, and odour. The city hires [[bulldozer]]s to transport waste to the dump, but it it sometimes blocked from being waterlogged in the rainy season. Many residents of the area around the dumpsite make a living from informal recycling. KMC has planned to establish a new dumpsite and turn the old one into a [[transfer station (waste management)|transfer station]].<ref name="Kumar et al" />

The Mbalit project (meaning ''waste'' in Wolof) performs [[Kerbside collection|household waste collection]]. It assigns each ward a [[garbage truck]] that collects waste from each household weekly. It uses a digital ticket system to pay for the service. Informal waste collectors use donkey-drawn carts to collect waste from households not covered.<ref name="Kumar et al" />

In 2022, KMC estimated that it had 460 tons of waste per day, of which 57.5% is from households, though this data is imprecise. The city has 370 waste management workers, of which 227 are under the ESU and 143 are under the Mbalit project, {{as of|2022}}.<ref name="Kumar et al" />

Bensouda invested in waste management and called it his number-one priority as mayor. KMC developed a five-year waste management plan (2017 to 2021) in consultation with the community and the private sector. It focused on public awareness, new [[waste sorting]] strategies, expanded household waste collection, job creation, and partnerships with informal waste management. It created the Mbalit project, the first household waste collection programme in the Gambia. It set up ten communal [[skip bin]]s and reduced the number of illegal dumpsites from 65 to 17. The programme's success improved the government's image.<ref name="Kumar et al" />

=== Transport ===
The [[Gambia Transport Service Company]] has a bus depot in Kanifing. There are international buses to [[Dakar]] and [[Bissau]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nyockeh |first=Abdoulie |date=10 August 2017 |title=GTSC launches new Banjul-Dakar Service |url=https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gtsc-launches-new-banjul-dakar-service |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=[[The Point (the Gambia)|The Point]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nyockeh |first=Abdoulie |date=3 April 2017 |title=GTSC launches Gambia-Bissau international transport service |url=https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gtsc-launches-gambia-bissau-international-transport-service |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=[[The Point (the Gambia)|The Point]]}}</ref>

Bensouda's government has planned an [[urban bus]] system that would introduce fifty buses and twenty routes.<ref name="Bobb">{{Cite news |last=Bobb |first=Cherno Omar |date=14 October 2022 |title=KMC to introduce urban transport system, housing project |url=https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/kmc-to-introduce-urban-transport-system-housing-project |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=[[The Point (the Gambia)|The Point]]}}</ref>

== Education ==
Kanifing has most of the country's tertiary education institutes, including the [[University of The Gambia]], the [[American International University West Africa]], the [[Gambia Technical Training Institute]], and the [[Management Development Institute]].<ref name="Marong" />

Kanifing's library began construction on 18 August 2022. It will be the first municipal library in the country. It is an intiative of Bensouda and the Kanifing Environmental Transformation Programme, funded by the European Union. The [[Peterborough City Council]] in England contributed. The project cost 45 million dalasi.<ref name="Marong">{{Cite news |last=Marong |first=Mariama |date=19 August 2022 |title=KMC Mayor Launches D45 Million Modern Library Project |url=https://foroyaa.net/kmc-mayor-launches-d45-million-modern-library-project-%EF%BF%BC/ |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=Foroyaa}}</ref>

== Sport ==
The Kanifing Municipal Sports Committee (KM Sport) is one of the Gambia's seven regional sports organisations. Its chairperson, elected from the chairpeople of its constituent district sport committees, represents Kanifing in the [[National Sports Council (the Gambia)|National Sports Council]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Camara |first=Pascal Mamudou |chapter=The Gambia |date=2024 |title=Management of Sport Organizations at the Crossroad of Responsibility and Sustainability |volume=25 |page=176 |editor-last=Hallmann |editor-first=Kirstin |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-52489-9_15 |access-date=2024-08-28 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer Nature Switzerland |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-52489-9_15 |isbn=978-3-031-52488-2 |editor2-last=Heikkinen |editor2-first=Suvi |editor3-last=Vehmas |editor3-first=Hanna}}</ref>

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== Sister cities ==
Kanifing is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Twinning |url=http://kanifing.gm/twinning-3/ |publisher=Kanifing Municipal Council |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
Kanifing is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Twinning |url=http://kanifing.gm/twinning-3/ |publisher=Kanifing Municipal Council |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|US}} [[Madison, Wisconsin]], United States
*{{flagicon|US}} [[Madison, Wisconsin]], United States
*{{flagicon|Senegal}} {{ill|Mbao|fr}}, Senegal
*{{flagicon|Senegal}} {{ill|Mbao|fr}}, Senegal

The sister city of Madison has provided funding for Kanifing's garbage trucks and its public library.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garton |first=Nicholas |date=24 October 2019 |title=Madison to help build first public library in Gambian sister city Kanifing |url=https://captimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-to-help-build-first-public-library-in-gambian-sister-city-kanifing/article_0313444f-08a1-5701-a17a-a4a0906d5361.html |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=[[The Capital Times]]}}</ref>


==External websites==
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Kanifing
Urban municipality
A street with cars and a sidewalk with pedestrians.
A sandy beach with a small Gambian flag in the foreground.
Crocodiles lying next to green water.
A market stall selling hats, surrounded by trees.
Clockwise from top left: Serekunda city centre, Kololi beach, Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool, market in Bakau
A quartered shield, blue and white. Top left has a red sun. Top right has blue waves. Bottom left has a crocodile. Bottom right has a coconut tree. Above, a green coat of arms of the Gambia. Below, a banner saying "KANIFING MUNICIPAL COUNCIL".
Coat of arms
Location of the Kanifing Local Government Area in the Gambia
Location of the Kanifing Local Government Area in the Gambia
Coordinates: 13°27′N 16°40′W / 13.450°N 16.667°W / 13.450; -16.667
CountryThe Gambia
Local government areaKanifing
DistrictKanifing
Government
 • TypeMayor–council government
 • BodyKanifing Municipal Council
 • Lord MayorTalib Ahmed Bensouda (United Democratic Party)
Area
 • Land75.5 km2 (29.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)[1]
 • Total382,096
 • Estimate 
(2023)[2]
391,270
Websitehttp://kanifing.gm/

Kanifing is a municipality in the Gambia, to the west of Banjul. It is coterminous with a local government area and a district. It has the largest population of any of the districts in the Gambia. It includes Serrekunda, the largest urban area in the Gambia. It is governed by the Kanifing Municipal Council.

Kanifing is one of the most densely populated places in the country. Its population expanded in the post-colonial era. It has received many migrants from the rest of the Gambia and abroad. It has large populations of many ethnicities.

Kanifing is the economic center of the Gambia. Tourism is a major industry. There are several higher education institutes, including the University of the Gambia.

History

The local government area (LGA) of Kombo St. Mary was created in the 1960s. It was the eighth LGA to be created.[3]: 8  The Kombo Rural Authority was renamed to the Kanifing Urban District Council in 1974. In 1991, it became the Kanifing Municipal Council.[4]

Kanifing grew significantly in the post-colonial era. This was largely caused by immigration from nearby countries; in 1993, foreign nationals made up 20% of the population of the LGA. Kanifing's growth led to the country's urbanisation rate to increase from 23% in 1973 to 37% in 1993.[3]: 9  This expansion led to higher property values and foreign investment.[5]

Geography

Satellite image of Kanifing, oriented with west on top.

Kanifing is one of the eight local government areas of the Gambia. It is the only one that contains only one district.[6]

Kanifing lies immediately west of the capital city of Banjul. Kanifing and Banjul comprise the Greater Banjul Area.[4] It has a land area of 75.5 square kilometers.[7] It includes Serekunda, the country's largest urban area.[8]

Demographics

Kanifing is the most densely populated part of the Gambia. It is the most populated district.[4]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1963 12,208—    
1973 39,404+222.8%
1983 101,504+157.6%
1993 228,214+124.8%
2013 377,134+65.3%
Source: [3]: 9 

Kanifing Municipality has a population of 377,134, as of the 2013 census.[6] The 2023 population estimate is 391,270. The sex ratio is 1:1. The mean household size is 6.7. There are 40,367 people (11.63% of the population) in poverty, 3,340 (1.0%) in extreme poverty, and 117,648 (33.9%) in food poverty.[2]

The predominantly rural Mandinka people moved to cities in the post-colonial era. Kanifing's share of the Gambia's Mandinka population increased from 3% in 1963 to 16% in 1993.[3]: 15  In 1993, Kanifing had about one-third of the country's Jola people, nearly one-quarter of Serahuli people, nearly one-third of Serer people, and the majority of Aku people.[3]: 18–21 

As of the 2013 census, Kanifing has 33,790 immigrants, 30% of the country's total. The most common countries of origin are Senegal (34%) and Guinea (25%). As of 2020, it has 4,388 refugees and 211 asylum seekers. Senegalese people comprise 92% of these, most of which have fled the Casamance conflict. It has 35% of the country's internal migrants.[4]

In Kanifing and Banjul, the Wolof language is spoken as a lingua franca in multi-ethnic groups, rather than Mandinka as in the rest of the country.[9]

In 1993, nearly half of the country's Christians lived in Kanifing.[3]: 26 

Settlements

Kanifing has nineteen settlements:

Settlements in Kanifing
Settlement Population (2013)[6]
Abuko 15811
Bakau New Town 25265
Bakau Wasulun 3545
Bakoteh 16924
Bundungka Kunda 55360
Dippa Kunda 17654
Ebo Town 22789
Faji Kunda 38121
Kololi 7257
Kotu 16358
Kanifing 14296
Pipeline 4317
Latri Kunda German 19765
Latri Kunda Sabiji 15619
Manjai Kunda 18601
New Jeshwang 17394
Old Jeshwang 7552
Serekunda 19944
Talinding 40562

Government

Talib Ahmed Bensouda wearing a shirt with the Gambia flag and a badge with the Kanifing coat of arms.
Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda

The Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) is led by the Lord Mayor of Kanifing, who has administrative duties. Ward councilors manage welfare and development.[10] The municipality is divided into seventeen wards and seventy-four sub-wards, each led by a sub-ward chairman. It has seven parliamentary constituencies: Serekunda East, Serekunda West, Serekunda Central, Jeshwang, Bakau, Latrikunda Sabiji, and Tallinding.[11]

Talib Ahmed Bensouda, a member of the United Democratic Party, was elected Lord Mayor of Kanifing in the 2018 election.[12] He was reelected in the 2023 election.[13] He is the son of lawyer Amie Bensouda.[14]

The Deputy Mayor of KMC is Binta Janneh Jallow. She is the first woman to hold the position. She was appointed in July 2021 after the resignation of Pa Musa Bah. She was previously the ward councilor of Bakau New Town.[15]

The Crime Management Coordinator of KMC is Pateh Bah, As of February 2024.[16] He has held the position since its creation in 2017 by the Adama Barrow administration.[17]

The Law Court Complex in Bundung the High Court, the Magistrates Court, and the Cadi Court.[18] The Kanifing Magistrates Court functions as the Children's Court on Tuesdays and Thursdays, despite the constitution providing for a full-time juvenile court.[19]

Economy

Kanifing is the commercial hub of the Gambia.[10] It has the highest concentration of industry of any district. Major industries include tourism, trade, and government. Kanifing has most of the country's hotels and coastal resorts. It contains the national football stadium and the Gambian Industrial Estate.[4]

Of the 251,712 people who are 15 or older, 122,726 are in the labor force, including 108,474 who are employed and 254,337 who are unemployed. Child labor affects 3.5% of children aged 5–11, 9.7% aged 12–14, and 14.6% aged 15–17.[2] Private firms employ 50.8% of the workforce, including 32.5% in wholesale and retail, 13% in manufacturing, and 17.5% in services. The city's youth unemployment rate is 6.5%, lower than most of the country, but it is over 20% for people with higher education.[4]

Bensouda's government has planned an affordable housing project to build 8,000 homes.[20]

Infrastructure

Waste management

The Local Government Act (the Gambia) 2002 gives municipalities the responsibility of waste management. The Environment and Sanitation Unit (ESU), part of the KMC's Directorate of Services, is responsible for waste and other environmental health issues. The ESU performs daily street cleaning and market waste collection, collects waste from public facilities, and clears illegal dumps. The KMC has no official waste separation or recycling programmes. It has created pilot programs for composting. KMC spends 25% of its budget on waste management.[21]

The Bakoteh Dumpsite is the largest in the country, collecting all waste in the Greater Banjul Area. It is overfilled and does not have modern disposal systems. It is located in a dense area, near Bakoteh, Dippa Kunda, and Manjai Kunda. Its environmental impacts include methane fires, water contamination, and odour. The city hires bulldozers to transport waste to the dump, but it it sometimes blocked from being waterlogged in the rainy season. Many residents of the area around the dumpsite make a living from informal recycling. KMC has planned to establish a new dumpsite and turn the old one into a transfer station.[21]

The Mbalit project (meaning waste in Wolof) performs household waste collection. It assigns each ward a garbage truck that collects waste from each household weekly. It uses a digital ticket system to pay for the service. Informal waste collectors use donkey-drawn carts to collect waste from households not covered.[21]

In 2022, KMC estimated that it had 460 tons of waste per day, of which 57.5% is from households, though this data is imprecise. The city has 370 waste management workers, of which 227 are under the ESU and 143 are under the Mbalit project, As of 2022.[21]

Bensouda invested in waste management and called it his number-one priority as mayor. KMC developed a five-year waste management plan (2017 to 2021) in consultation with the community and the private sector. It focused on public awareness, new waste sorting strategies, expanded household waste collection, job creation, and partnerships with informal waste management. It created the Mbalit project, the first household waste collection programme in the Gambia. It set up ten communal skip bins and reduced the number of illegal dumpsites from 65 to 17. The programme's success improved the government's image.[21]

Transport

The Gambia Transport Service Company has a bus depot in Kanifing. There are international buses to Dakar and Bissau.[22][23]

Bensouda's government has planned an urban bus system that would introduce fifty buses and twenty routes.[20]

Education

Kanifing has most of the country's tertiary education institutes, including the University of The Gambia, the American International University West Africa, the Gambia Technical Training Institute, and the Management Development Institute.[24]

Kanifing's library began construction on 18 August 2022. It will be the first municipal library in the country. It is an intiative of Bensouda and the Kanifing Environmental Transformation Programme, funded by the European Union. The Peterborough City Council in England contributed. The project cost 45 million dalasi.[24]

Sport

The Kanifing Municipal Sports Committee (KM Sport) is one of the Gambia's seven regional sports organisations. Its chairperson, elected from the chairpeople of its constituent district sport committees, represents Kanifing in the National Sports Council.[25]

Sister cities

Kanifing is twinned with:[26]

The sister city of Madison has provided funding for Kanifing's garbage trucks and its public library.[27]

External websites

References

  1. ^ "Population and Housing Census of Gambia, 2013". Gambia Data Portal. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "The 2023 Gambia Statistical Abstract". Gambia Data Portal. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Hughes, Arnold; Perfect, David (31 December 2006). "Social and Economic Setting". A Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994. Boydell and Brewer. pp. 6–40. doi:10.1515/9781580466820-006. ISBN 978-1-58046-682-0. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Mayors Dialogue on Growth and Solidarity: City profile: Kanifing, The Gambia (Report). ODI. 15 December 2020.
  5. ^ "1 Peasants by Other Means: (Im)mobility and the Making of a Village Mooring", Bush Bound, Berghahn Books, p. 56, 31 December 2015, doi:10.1515/9781805390220-006, ISBN 978-1-80539-022-0, retrieved 28 August 2024
  6. ^ a b c "Population and Housing Census of Gambia, 2013". Gambia Data Portal. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ^ The Gambia: Kanifing Urban Profile (PDF). UN Habitat. ISBN 978-92-1-132380-1.
  8. ^ Kebbeh, Abou; Dsane-Aidoo, Paul; Sanyang, Kawsu; Darboe, Sheriffo M. K.; Fofana, Nuha; Ameme, Donne; Sanyang, Abdoulie M.; Darboe, Kalifa Sanneh; Darboe, Saffiatou; Sanneh, Bakary; Kenu, Ernest; Anto, Francis (25 October 2023). "Antibiotics susceptibility patterns of uropathogenic bacteria: a cross-sectional analytic study at Kanifing General Hospital, The Gambia". BMC Infectious Diseases. 23 (1): 723. doi:10.1186/s12879-023-08373-y. ISSN 1471-2334. PMC 10599079. PMID 37880663.
  9. ^ "2. Gambia's Local Languages", Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society, Multilingual Matters, p. 35, 31 December 2015, doi:10.21832/9781783094219-004, ISBN 978-1-78309-421-9, retrieved 28 August 2024
  10. ^ a b Kinteh, Bakary; Bass, Paul (1 December 2023). "Prevalence and factors associated with occupational injuries among building construction workers in the Gambia". Injury Prevention. 29 (6): 500–505. doi:10.1136/ip-2023-044958. ISSN 1353-8047. PMID 37549985.
  11. ^ "Subdivisions of KMC". Kanifing Municipal Council. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  12. ^ Sillah, Nyima (31 March 2023). "Re-Election of Mayor Bensouda, 'the Best is yet to come- Lawyer Martin". The Voice. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  13. ^ "UDP celebrates success in LG election". The Point. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  14. ^ Manneh, Alagie (26 June 2020). "Talib Bensouda Mayor, Kanifing municipality". The Standard. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Binta Janneh Jallow: Who is the new deputy KM mayor". Fatu Network. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  16. ^ Bah, Omar (21 February 2024). "Police Say Most Crimes Committed by Foreigners". The Standard. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  17. ^ "New CMC For KMC-First Time In The History Of The Gambia Police Force". Fatu Network. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  18. ^ Ceesay, Landing (10 February 2023). "Access To Justice: Judiciary Inaugurates New Court Complex In Bundung". Kerr Fatou. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  19. ^ Foley, Edmund Amarkwei (1 April 2012). "From Old Jeshwang to Kanifing : improving children's access to justice in The Gambia - challenges and prospects". Article 40. 14 (1).
  20. ^ a b Bobb, Cherno Omar (14 October 2022). "KMC to introduce urban transport system, housing project". The Point. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  21. ^ a b c d e Kumar, Claire; Bailey-Morley, Anna; Kargbo, Eugenia; Sanyang, Lamin (2022). Case study: Kanifing Municipal Council (Report). ODI. pp. 32–42.
  22. ^ Nyockeh, Abdoulie (10 August 2017). "GTSC launches new Banjul-Dakar Service". The Point. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  23. ^ Nyockeh, Abdoulie (3 April 2017). "GTSC launches Gambia-Bissau international transport service". The Point. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  24. ^ a b Marong, Mariama (19 August 2022). "KMC Mayor Launches D45 Million Modern Library Project". Foroyaa. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  25. ^ Camara, Pascal Mamudou (2024). "The Gambia". In Hallmann, Kirstin; Heikkinen, Suvi; Vehmas, Hanna (eds.). Management of Sport Organizations at the Crossroad of Responsibility and Sustainability. Vol. 25. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. p. 176. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-52489-9_15. ISBN 978-3-031-52488-2. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Twinning". Kanifing Municipal Council. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  27. ^ Garton, Nicholas (24 October 2019). "Madison to help build first public library in Gambian sister city Kanifing". The Capital Times. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
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