title: Essau
text: # Essau
  
  Essau is a small town in north-western Gambia. It is located in Lower Niumi District in the North Bank Division. As of 2009, it has an estimated population of 6,670.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Edrissa Sonko
  
  Mustapha Marong(Former Attorney General). Alhaji Mafoday Sonko(Former MP,Member Of Parliament). Nfamara Bintou Sonko(Former Colonial Chief). Lang Sally Sonko(Former Colonial Chief). Burungai Sonko(King Of Barra/Niumi,Born in Essau(As Fakebba Sonko)fought the 1831 war against King George IV). Mansa Maranta Sonko(last King of Niumi,died in Essau Sukoto July 1910).
  
  