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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.

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Place details

Locality
Bignona
Region
Ziguinchor
Country
Sénégal
Population
28,642
Timezone
Africa/Dakar

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Bignona
Settlement.settlement_type
Town and commune
Settlement.total_type
Town and commune
Settlement.image_skyline
Bignona Casamance 294A4458 Emile Badiane.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Bignona, monument Emile Badiane
Settlement.mapsize
250px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Senegal
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Ziguinchor
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bignona
Settlement.unit_pref
metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
16.88
Settlement.population_as_of
2023 census
Settlement.population_total
28642
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
GMT

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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

Its population in 2023 was 28,642.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bignona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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