Upper River Division

Upper River was one of the five Divisions of . Its capital was . It was subsequently reorganised as the Basse Local Government Area, without any change in the area covered.
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  • Type: region of the Gambia with 188,000 residents
  • Description: region of the Gambia
  • Also known as: Upper River

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chamoi.

Village
is a town in . It is located in District in the Upper River Division. As of 2009, it has an estimated population of 197. is situated 5 km south of Upper River Division.

Upper River Division

Latitude
13.3667° or 13° 22′ north
Longitude
-14.1667° or 14° 10′ west
Population
188,000
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
7C579R8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2411711
Wiki­data ID
Q824373
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Upper River Division” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شعبة النهر العليا
  • Arabic: قسم أعلى النهر
  • Armenian: Վերին գետ
  • Belarusian: Верхняя Рака, акруга Гамбіі
  • Belarusian: Верхняя рака
  • Belarusian: Верхняя Рака
  • Bengali: আপার রিভার ডিভিশন
  • Breton: Upper River
  • Bulgarian: Горноречен регион
  • Bulgarian: Горноречна област
  • Catalan: Upper River
  • Cebuano: Upper River Division
  • Chinese: 上河区
  • Chinese: 上河區
  • Danish: Upper River Division
  • Dutch: Upper River
  • Esperanto: Regiono Supra Rivero
  • Finnish: Upper River Division
  • Finnish: Upper River
  • French: Division de Upper River
  • French: Upper River
  • Galician: Upper River
  • German: GM-U
  • German: Upper River Division
  • German: Upper River Region
  • Greek: Άνω Ποταμός
  • Greek: Διαίρεση του Άπερ Ρίβερ
  • Gujarati: અપર રિવર ડિવિજન
  • Hindi: ऊपरी नदी मंडल
  • Indonesian: Divisi Upper River
  • Indonesian: Upper River Division
  • Italian: Divisione dell’Alto Fiume
  • Italian: divisione dell’Upper River
  • Italian: Divisione dell’Upper River
  • Japanese: ガンビア川上流地方
  • Kannada: ಮೇಲಿನ ನದಿ ವಿಭಾಗ
  • Korean: 어퍼리버구
  • Latvian: Augšteces daļa
  • Lithuanian: Aukštutinės Upės padalinys
  • Macedonian: Горна Река
  • Malay: Upper River Division
  • Marathi: अप्पर रिव्हर डिव्हिजन
  • N'Ko: ߓߊ ߛߊ߲ߘߐߟߊ
  • Northern Frisian: Basse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Upper River
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Upper River Region
  • Norwegian: Upper River
  • Persian: ناحیه بالای رودخانه
  • Polish: Upper River Division
  • Portuguese: Upper River
  • Romanian: Diviziunea Upper River
  • Russian: Верхняя Река
  • Scots: Upper River Diveesion
  • Serbian: Gornja Reka
  • Serbian: Горња Река
  • Sinhala: ඉහල ගංගා ප්‍රදේශය
  • Slovenian: GM-U
  • Slovenian: Upper River Division
  • Slovenian: Upper River Region
  • Slovenian: Upper River
  • Spanish: División Río Superior
  • Spanish: Division Upper River
  • Spanish: División Upper River
  • Swedish: Upper River Division
  • Swedish: Upper River
  • Tamil: அப்பர் ரிவேர் டிவிசன்
  • Tatar: Өске елга төбәге
  • Telugu: అప్పర్ రివర్ డివిజన్
  • Thai: ไฮแรน
  • Turkish: Upper River Bölgesi
  • Turkish: Yukarı Nehir Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Верхня Ріка
  • Ukrainian: Верхня Річка
  • Urdu: اپر ریور ڈویژن
  • Vietnamese: Phân vùng Thượng nguồn Sông

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