Vélingara

Vélingara
Coordinates	13 ° 9 ′  N , 14 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 9 ′  N , 14 ° 6 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Senegal
region	Kolda
Department	Vélingara
height	42 m
Residents	32,161 (2013)
Church in Vélingara

Vélingara is a city in southern Senegal . It is prefecture of the Vélingara department in the Kolda region .

Geographical location

Vélingara is located in the east of the Kolda region and thus also in the east of Casamance on the northern edge of the Vélingara crater . Gambia in the north is 12 km away and Guinea-Bissau in the south is 52 km.

population

The last censuses showed the following population figures for the city:

year	Residents
1988	14,068
2002	20,806
2013	32,161

traffic

Vélingara is a stage on the national road N 6 , which, starting from the city and port city of Ziguinchor , connects the south and east of Casamance via Tambacounda with the rest of the country.

Partnerships

Since 1993 there has been a twinning with Huy (Belgium) .

See also

• List of cities in Senegal

Web links

Commons : Vélingara  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vélingara at Geonames

Individual evidence

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