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Kaffrine

Kaffrine () is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal.

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Place details

Locality: Kaffrine
Region: Kaffrine
Country: Sénégal
Population: 57,307
Timezone: Africa/Dakar

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Kaffrine
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and commune
Settlement.total_type: Town and commune
Settlement.image_skyline: KaffrineAgroforestry.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Senegal
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Département
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kaffrine Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: Senegal
Located in: Kaffrine Department
Elevation: +15
Capital of: Kaffrine
Image: KaffrineAgroforestry.jpg

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Climate change
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Notable people
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Kaffrine () is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal.

==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