Lower River Division with a population of 72,500 is the least populated division in the Gambia. Until late 1960s when it became its own division, North Bank Division was part of Lower River Division. With Mansakonko (king's hill or government hill in Mandinka), LRD has 6 districts with Kiang West District the largest. Like all other divisions east of Western Division, the the division has suffered from steady out-migration of population to either Banjul, Western Division and KMC.