Bignona

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Bignona

Elevation30 m

Land area16.88 km²

Coordinates12.80°, -16.23°

Demographic figures from ANSD Senegal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bignona is a town with commune status located in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal (Casamance). It briefly appears in the 2004 Spanish movie Binta and the Great Idea.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegalese footballer

Lamine Diarra

Senegalese footballer

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Augustin Sagna

Catholic bishop (1920-2012)

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Aladji Ba

French Paralympian athlete

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Alain Just Coly

Senegalese journalist

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Amadou Camara Guèye

Senegalese painter (born 1968)

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Landing Savané

Senegalese politician

Mamadou Lamine Keïta

Senegalese politician

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Ndioro Ndiaye

Senegalese politician

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Oumar Sané

Senegalese association football player

Seni Awa Camara

Senegalese artist

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Émile Badiane

Senegalese politician (1915-1972)

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Aliou Ndao

Senegalese writer

Ibrahima Wadji

association football player

Moussa Wagué

Senegalese association football player

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Dialy Ndiaye

Senegalese footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Senegal

• Dianki
  16.7 mi away
• Djinaky
  18.4 mi away
• Konkoudia
  35.5 mi away
• Thiandene
  123.3 mi away
• Diayane None
  145.5 mi away
• Ndoukoumane
  146.8 mi away
• Ngadji Sar
  212.8 mi away
• Madina Ndiathbé
  278.9 mi away
• Khossanto
  287.8 mi away
• Hassi Chaggar
  329.3 mi away
• Chelkhat Ghiarhoum
  344.2 mi away
• Varele
  353.2 mi away

Browse all places in Senegal →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bignona

Les initiatives individuelles et collectives des femmes rurales

Christiane Darde · 1994

Bignona en Casamance

Touze, R. L. · 1963

Une expérience de grande envergure

Mamadou Dramé · 1981

Aménagement rural et organisation de l'espace en Afrique soudano-sahélienne

Jean Cabot · 1988

Solitude d'argile

Michèle Odeyé-Finzi · 1994

Les Baïnounks

Malick D. Coly · 2020

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