Kolda region
| Kolda | |
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| Capital | Kolda |
| Residents | 662,455 (as of 2013) |
| surface | 13,721 km² |
| Population density | 48.3 inhabitants per km² |
| Geographical location | 13 ° 5 ′ N , 14 ° 49 ′ W |
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The Kolda region in Casamance is a region in the south of Senegal with the capital Kolda . The Senegalese license plate is "KL".
Geographical location
The Kolda region lies between the Sédhiou region in the west and the Tambacounda region in the east and between the neighboring states of Gambia in the north and Guinea-Bissau in the south. In the southeast there is a short common border with Guinea-Conakry .
The region is the headwaters of some important rivers. Both the Casamance and its right tributary Soungrougrou originate in the north near the Gambian border and strive to the west. The upper reaches of the Rio Geba runs through the south of the region before it crosses the border to Guinea-Bissau and flows into the Atlantic at the capital Bissau .
The topographically distinctive ring structure of the Vélingara crater is located in the east of the Kolda region . The eastern border of the region is formed by two rivers: the Koulountou , which comes from Guinea, and the Gambia , into which it flows.
history
In 2008, the independent Sédhiou region was created from the western part of the Kolda region. The Kolda region shrank from 21,011 km² to 13,721 km².
structure
The Kolda region is divided into three departments:
For 2014, nine arrondissements, nine communes, 31 rural communes (communautés rurales) and 1,589 officially registered villages (villages) are to be named on the next structural levels.
Web links
- Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Kolda: Situation economique et sociale regional 2013 PDF file 1.17 MB
- Map of the region in its old borders
Administrative division of Senegal