Ndoffane

Ndoffane
Coordinates	13 ° 55 ′  N , 15 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 55 ′  N , 15 ° 56 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Senegal
region	Kaolack
Department	Kaolack
height	22 m
Residents	12,898 (2013)

Ndoffane is a town in the department of Kaolack the Kaolack region , located in the central Senegal . Even if the spelling of the name with a single F can often be found on the Internet, the spelling with a doubled F seems to be preferred at the place, as a sign on the roadside in front of the town entrance shows.

Geographical location

Ndoffane is located south of Saloum in the south of the Kaolack department, halfway between the Kaolack and Nioro du Rip department prefectures, and thus in the middle of the Senegalese peanut basin .

Ndoffane is 185 kilometers southeast of Dakar and 29 kilometers southeast of Kaolack.

history

The development of the village of Ndoffane received a development boost in 1932 with the settlement of Lebanese families who established an important base for the intermediate trade in peanuts here.

The village of Ndoffane became the capital of a communauté rurale in 1974 and was given the status of a commune (city) in 1996.

population

According to the last census, the city's population has developed as follows:

year	Residents
1988	6,793
2002	9,476
2013	12,898

traffic

Ndoffane is a first stage on the as Transgambienne known national road N 4 , which in Kaolack of N 1 branches off to the southeast, first the Saloum crossed, then Ndoffane and Nioro to Gambian transit route of the Trans-Gambia Highway leads, and in the southern Senegalese Casamance Towards the town of Ziguinchor .

Ndoffane is connected to Kaolack Airport, 30 km away, and the national air transport network via the N4 .

See also

• List of cities in Senegal

Web links

• Ndofane at Geonames

Individual evidence

1. ^ A message about Ndoffane from 2014, illustrated with the place name sign
2. ↑ Measure distances with google maps
3. ↑ HISTORIQUE DE LA COMMUNE DE NDOFFANE LAGHEM par BOUBA, 21 September 2011
4. ↑ LOI n ° 96-752 du 5 September 1996 portant création des communes de Kahone, Passy, ​​Gandiaye, Ndoffane Laghème, Thilogne, Waoundé, Kanel, Golléré, Semmé, Nguékokh, Thiadiaye, Sébikotane
5. ↑ Senegal: The most important places with statistics on their population
6. ↑ Measure distance with google maps