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Howl
Koungheul (Senegal)
Howl
Howl
Coordinates 13 ° 59 ′  N , 14 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 59 ′  N , 14 ° 48 ′  W
Basic data
Country Senegal

region

Kaffrine
Department Howl
ISO 3166-2 SN-KA
height 17 m
Residents 20,942 (2013)

Koungheul is a city in the center of Senegal . It is prefecture of the Koungheul department in the Kaffrine region .

Geographical location

Koungheul is located in the southeast of the Kaffrine region , 81 kilometers from the Kaffrine regional prefecture , on the left southern side of the Nianija Bolong , whose dry valley, which is perhaps 40 meters wide, only carries water here in the rainy season .

history

The village of Koungheul gained the status of a commune (city) in 1990 .

population

The last censuses showed the following population figures for the city:

year Residents
1988 10,256
2002 14,029
2013 20,942

traffic

The national road N 1 leads through Koungheul . It connects the port metropolis of Dakar and the cities of Mbour , Fatick , Kaolack , Birkelane , Kaffrine and Malem Hodar in the west with Koumpentoum and Tambacounda in the east and continues at Kidira across the Malian border to Kayes . The Dakar – Niger railway runs parallel to the N1 on the northern outskirts and is important for freight traffic in the peanut basin and with neighboring Mali. Both traffic axes cross the dry valley of the Nianija Bolong west of the city .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Décret n ° 90-1135 du octobre 1990 8 portant création des communes de Dahra , Koungheul, Ourossogui , Ndioum , Thionck-Essyl , Goudomp , Marsassoum , Diofior , Pout
  2. ↑ Senegal: The most important places with statistics on their population

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