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Kaffrine
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Kaffrine
Demographic figures from ANSD Senegal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Kaffrine is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal.
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History
There are conflicting stories of Kaffrine's founding, either by a Fula man named Ngange Ka, or by the marabout Saloum Suare. There was an early Serer population in the area. Kaffrine became the capital of the historical region of Ndoucoumane, a former province of the Kingdom of Saloum.I
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Sources
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- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist