کارابان
Sign in to saveAlso known as Karabane
Carabane, also known as Karabane, is an island and a village located in the extreme south-west of Senegal, in the mouth of the Casamance River. This relatively recent geological formation consists of a shoal and alluvium to which soil is added by accumulation in the branches and roots of the mangrove trees which cover most of the island. Along with the rest of Ziguinchor Region, Carabane has a tropical climate, cycling between a dry season and a wet season. The island was once considered an arid location where no useful plants were likely to grow, but it now supports several types of fruit tre
Weather now
27°broken clouds
81% 3.3 m/s OpenWeatherMap
Place details
- Locality
- Communauté rurale de Diembéring
- Region
- Ziguinchor
- Country
- Sénégal
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Carabane
- Islands.image_name
- Carabane-Carte.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- An 1890 map of the island
- Islands.image_size
- 300px
- Islands.image_alt
- Carabane is an island on the Casamance River. It is surrounded by the villages of Samatit to the east, Elinkine to the southeast, Cachouane to the southwest, and Djogue to the northwest.
- Islands.map
- Senegal
- Islands.location
- Casamance River
- Islands.archipelago
- Islands of the Casamance delta
- Islands.area_km2
- 57
- Islands.highest_mount
- unnamed
- Islands.elevation_m
- 2
- Islands.country
- Senegal
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Ziguinchor
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Department
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Oussouye
- Islands.population
- 396
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2003
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- port
- Country
- Senegal
- Population
- 793
- Area
- 57
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Casamance River
- Image
- Karabane 294A4597 Casamance.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Carabane
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Gallery (20)
On the map
2 mapped locations