Vélingara (department)
The Vélingara department with the capital Vélingara is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Kolda region . It is located in southern Senegal and can be found in the very east of the Casamance , bordered by Gambia and Guinea-Bissau . The Kayanga , as the upper reaches of the Rio Geba are called here, lie here and the geological feature of the Vélingara crater . The eastern border forms, as part of the Niokolo-Koba National Park , the Koulountou , the strongest tributary of the Gambia .
The department has an area of 5434 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communities (communautés rurales) as follows:
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Vélingara | - | 35 231 |
| Diaobé-Kabendou | - | 28 663 |
| Kounkané | - | 11 829 |
| Receipt account | Receipt account | 11 210 |
| Receipt account | Link ring | 18 687 |
| Receipt account | Médina Gounass | 52 822 |
| Receipt account | Sinthiang Koundara | 29 089 |
| Pakour | Ouassadou | 18 107 |
| Pakour | Paroumba | 16 254 |
| Pakour | Pakour | 13 698 |
| Saré Coly Sallé | Kandia | 23 087 |
| Saré Coly Sallé | Saré Coly Sallé | 20 814 |
| Saré Coly Sallé | Némataba | 11 561 |
| Saré Coly Sallé | Kandiaye | 13 905 |
| Department | - | 304 955 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Kolda: Situation economique et sociale regional 2012 Area, page 18 of the PDF file 1.76 MB
- ↑ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013) Region Kolda Pages 64 to 65 of the PDF file 1.44 MB
Web links
Administrative division of Senegal
Coordinates: 12 ° 48 ′ N , 14 ° 51 ′ W