Editing The Gambia (section)

===Ethnic groups===

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{{bar percent|Mandinka|darkgreen|34}}
{{bar percent|Fula|purple|31}}
{{bar percent|Wolof|red|11}}
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A variety of [[ethnic group]]s live in The Gambia, each preserving its own language and traditions. The [[Mandinka people|Mandinka]] ethnicity is the most numerous, followed by the [[Fula people|Fula]], [[Wolof people|Wolof]], [[Jola people|Jola]]/[[Karoninka people|Karoninka]], [[Soninke people|Serahule / Jahanka]], [[Serer people|Serers]], [[Manjago people|Manjago]], [[Bambara people|Bambara]], [[Oku people (Sierra Leone)|Aku Marabou]], [[Bainuk people|Bainunka]] and others,<ref name=2013Census>{{cite web |url=https://www.gbos.gov.gm/uploads/census/2013/Spatial-distribution-report_%20Final.pdf |title=2013 Population and Housing Census: Spatial Distribution |publisher=The Republic of The Gambia |last=National Population Commission Secretariat |date=30 April 2005 |website=Gambia Bureau of Statistics |access-date=29 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103134831/https://www.gbos.gov.gm/uploads/census/2013/Spatial-distribution-report_%20Final.pdf |archive-date=3 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> such as [[Toucouleur people|Tukulor]]. The Krio people, locally known as [[Aku people|Akus]], constitute one of the smallest ethnic minorities in The Gambia. They descend from [[Sierra Leone Creole people]] and have traditionally concentrated in the capital.

The roughly 3,500 non-African residents include Europeans and families of [[Lebanese diaspora|Lebanese]] origin (0.23% of the total population).<ref name="bn" /> Most of the European minority is<!-- most is singular --> [[British people|British]], although many of the British left after independence.