Nganda (Senegal)
| Nganda | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 49 ′ 47 " N , 15 ° 24 ′ 21" W | ||
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| Country | Senegal | ||
| Kaffrine | |||
| Department | Kaffrine | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SN-KA | ||
| height | 41 m | ||
| surface | 22.8 km² | ||
| Residents | 10,507 (2013) | ||
| density | 461.8 Ew. / km² | ||
Nganda is a town in the department of Kaffrine the Kaffrine region , located in the south of the center of Senegal .
Geographical location
Nganda is located south of the Kaffrine department and seven kilometers from the border with Gambia . The area belongs to the central peanut growing area of Senegal, the peanut basin .
Nganda is located 241 kilometers southeast of Dakar and 33 kilometers south of the Kaffrine regional prefecture .
history
The village of Nganda gained commune (city) status in 2008. The urban area extends, measured from the official seat of the Sous-Préfet , a certain number of kilometers in all four directions. This resulted in a calculated urban area of 22.75 km².
population
The last censuses showed the following population figures:
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1988 | ... |
| 2002 | ... |
| 2013 | 10,507 |
traffic
Nganda is off the network of national roads . A dust track from Kaffrine , which ends behind the Nganda through-town, provides a connection to the N 1 . On the way it leads through the river bed of the Grand Bao Bolon ; which only has water at this point in the rainy season .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Measure distances with google maps
- ↑ DECRET n ° 2008-748 du 10 juillet 2008 portant création de communes dans les régions de ... Kolda, ... ( Memento of 10 November 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Senegal: The most important places with statistics on their population