Kolda (department)
The Kolda department with the capital Kolda is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Kolda region . It is located in southern Senegal and is found in the east of the Casamance on the upper Casamance River and on the border with Guinea-Bissau .
The département has an area of 3597 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales) as follows:
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Kolda | - | 88 840 |
| Dabo | - | 6 648 |
| Salikégné | - | 4,027 |
| Saré Yoba Diéga | - | 3 891 |
| Dioulacolone | Dioulacolone | 22 732 |
| Dioulacolone | Médina El Hadj | 12 910 |
| Dioulacolone | Tankanto Escale | 16 712 |
| Dioulacolone | Guiro Yéro Bocar | 17 040 |
| Mampatim | Bagadadji | 16 832 |
| Mampatim | Coumbacara | 11 099 |
| Mampatim | Mampatim | 16 870 |
| Mampatim | Dialambéré | 14 572 |
| Mampatim | Médina Chérif | 14 157 |
| Saré Bidji | Saré Bidji | 18 352 |
| Saré Bidji | Thiétty | 4,789 |
| Department | - | 269 471 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Kolda: Situation economique et sociale regional 2012 Area, page 18 of the PDF file 1.76 MB
- ↑ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013) Region Kolda Pages 64 to 65 of the PDF file 1.44 MB
Web links
Administrative division of Senegal
Coordinates: 12 ° 48 ′ N , 14 ° 51 ′ W