Kahone
| Kahone | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 10 ′ N , 16 ° 2 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Senegal | ||
| Kaolack | |||
| Department | Kaolack | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SN-KL | ||
| height | 8 m | ||
| Residents | 14,231 (2013) | ||
Kahone is a town in the department of Kaolack the Kaolack region , located in the central Senegal . Kahone was the capital of the West African kingdom of Saloum .
Geographical location
Kahone is located around five kilometers east of the regional prefecture Kaolack on the right northern bank of the Saloum , which meanders here under the influence of tides with alluvial land and island formation in a width of up to six kilometers to the west.
population
According to the last census, the city's population has developed as follows:
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1988 | ... |
| 2002 | 5,405 |
| 2013 | 14,231 |
history
Kahone was a central marketplace built around a sacred tree in the early 16th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries the place consisted of a number of different neighboring tribes who had wide, open fields around them. The slowly growing population became increasingly Muslim and the traditional religion that held its rites on the opposite island of Kouyong disappeared.
It is still the residence of King Mbaye Badiane I.
traffic
Kahone is on the N 1 national road , which follows the right north bank of the Saloum at some distance. The N1 connects Dakar, Mbour and Fatick in the west with Kaffrine and Tambacounda in the east and continues at Kidira over the Malian border to Kayes .
On the N1, between Kahone and Kaolack on the south-western outskirts, lies the airport of this region, the Kaolack airfield .