Ranérou
| Ranérou | |||
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| Coordinates | 15 ° 18 ′ N , 13 ° 58 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Senegal | ||
| Matam | |||
| Department | Ranérou-Ferlo | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SN-MT | ||
| height | 33 m | ||
| Residents | 3026 (2013) | ||
Ranérou is a city in northeast Senegal . It is prefecture of the Ranérou-Ferlo department in the Matam region .
Geographical location
Ranérou is located 380 kilometers east of Dakar and 86 kilometers southwest of the Matam regional prefecture . The urban area is surrounded by the Communauté Rurale de Oudalaye , the largest rural community in Senegal with an area of 11,292 km². The town of Ranérou is located in the center of the rain-poor and sparsely populated Ferlo in the valley of the river Ferlo , which only carries water here in the rainy season and has dug a winding river bed about 100 meters wide with partly dense trees on the southern edge of the village. The landscape is shaped by the climatic conditions of the Sahel zone and is only used for extensive animal husbandry .
Ranérou is located between the Réserve de faune du Ferlo Nord and the Réserve de faune du Ferlo Sud . Together these form by far the largest protected areas in nature and landscape protection in Senegal.
history
The village of Ranérou received the status of a commune (city) in 2002 because from then on it was the prefecture of a department.
population
The last censuses showed the following population figures for the city:
| year | Residents |
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| 2002 | 1262 |
| 2013 | 3026 |
traffic
Ranérou is on the N 3 national road . It connects Ranérou with the major cities of the metropolitan region Dakar in the west, with Rufisque , Pikine , Guédiawaye and the capital Dakar , and from there continues via Thiès , Khombole , Bambey , Diourbel , Mbacké , Touba , Dahra and Linguère to Ranérou. In the further course it reaches Ourossogui and finally the regional prefecture of Matam on the banks of Senegal and the local border with Mauritania .
Located on the southwestern outskirts of Ourossogui and accessible via the N3, Matam Airport, 75 kilometers from Ranérou, offers a connection to the national air transport network.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Measure distances with google maps
- ^ Ferlo Nord at Geonames
- ↑ Ferlo Sud at Geonames
- ↑ DECREE n ° 2002-171 du 21 févier 2002 portant création des communes de Diamniadio, Cayar, Mboro, Ranerou, Rosso-Senegal, Niandane et Diawara ( Memento of 26 March 2018 Internet Archive )
- ↑ ANSD: Résultats préliminaires du Troisième Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat du Sénégal de 2002 (RGPH-III) ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Population Ranérou page 18 of the file