Sokone
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 53 ′ N , 16 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Senegal | ||
| Fatick | |||
| Department | Foundiougne | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SN-FK | ||
| height | 14 m | ||
| Residents | 14,745 (2013) | ||
Sokone is a town in the Foundiougne department of the Fatick region , in the south-west of Senegal .
Geographical location
Sokone is located in the center of the Foundiougne department, halfway between the town of Foundiougne in the north and the border with Gambia in the south. At the same time the city is on the north bank of the Bolon Sokone and on the eastern edge of the amphibious and articulated by many watercourses Saloumdeltas with the touristy significant Saloum Delta National Park .
Sokone is located 148 kilometers southeast of Dakar , 50 kilometers south of the Fatick regional prefecture and 30 kilometers south of Foundiougne.
population
According to the last census, the city's population has developed as follows:
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 8,552 |
| 2002 | 11,124 |
| 2013 | 14,745 |
traffic
Sokone lies on the national highway N 5 , the Kaolack through the hinterland of Saloumdeltas with Banjul , the capital of the neighboring country Gambia connects. The N5 is also part of the Dakar-Lagos Highway , one of the Trans-African Highways . To the south of the city, the N5 crosses the Bôlon Sokone with its amphibious bank zone with a combined dam-bridge construction around 500 meters long .
Sokone is connected to Kaolack Airport, 45 km away, and the national air transport network via the N5 .
Town twinning
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Villamblard , France -
Zemst , Belgium
Personalities
- Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (* 1926 in Sokone), Senegalese writer and journalist
See also
Web links
- Décret approuvant et rendant exécutoire le plan directeur d'urbanisme de la Commune de Sokone. Dakar, June 4, 2003 PDF file 0.21 MB
- Sokone at Planete Senegal
- Sokone at Geonames
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bolon Sokone at Geonames
- ↑ Measure distances with google maps
- ↑ Senegal: The most important places with statistics on their population
- ↑ Measure distance with google maps
- ↑ twinning Zemst - Sokone , accessed on July 29, 2018