▁local ▁town ▁council , ▁head ed ▁by ▁a ▁Town ▁Head . ▁The ▁current ▁Town ▁Head ▁of ▁Ad onk ia ▁is ▁Hass an ▁Ses ay . ▁ ▁History ▁Ad onk ia ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁a ▁Sher bro ▁fish erman ▁named ▁Pa ▁Don ke h ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁as ▁a ▁settlement ▁for ▁Sher b ros . ▁The ▁word ▁Ad onk ia ▁is ▁literally ▁translated ▁as ▁where ▁is ▁this ▁in ▁the ▁Sher bro ▁language . ▁In ▁the ▁mid ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁G han ian ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁Ad onk ia ▁was ▁almost ▁entirely ▁all ▁Christians ▁before ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁Sus u , ▁F ula ▁and ▁Mand ink a ▁trad ers ▁settled ▁in ▁Ad onk ia ▁and ▁introduced ▁Islam ▁to ▁the ▁local ▁people ; ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁today , ▁Ad onk ia ▁has ▁a ▁larger ▁population ▁of ▁both ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁Christians . ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁https :// web . archive . org / web / 2 0 1 3 0 9 2 3 0 3 5 3 3 1 / http :// www . ec os alone . com / Ad onk ia % 2 0 S ierra % 2 0 Le one . html ▁ ▁Category : West ern ▁Area ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁Sierra ▁Le one <0x0A> </s> ▁Val - d ' I z é ▁() ▁is ▁a ▁commune ▁in ▁the ▁department ▁of ▁Il le - et - V