Nganda (Senegal)

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Nganda
Nganda (Senegal)
Nganda
Nganda
Coordinates 13 ° 49 ′ 47 "  N , 15 ° 24 ′ 21"  W Coordinates: 13 ° 49 ′ 47 "  N , 15 ° 24 ′ 21"  W
Basic data
Country Senegal

region

Kaffrine
Department Kaffrine
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

  1. Measure distances with google maps
  2. 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 )
  3. Senegal: The most important places with statistics on their population