Kanel
Sign in to saveKanel (Hassaniya Arabic: ) is a town and urban commune in the Matam Region of northeastern Senegal. It is the capital of the Kanel Department. The population in 2023 was 15,244, an increase from the 12,975 counted in 2013.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in SN, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Kanel, and connects out to Senegal, time zone and Sahel.
It sits within the topics Communes of Senegal and Populated places in Matam region.
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- Locality
- Kanel
- Region
- Matam
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 15,244
- Timezone
- Africa/Dakar
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kanel
- Settlement.native_name
- كانيل
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and commune
- Settlement.total_type
- Town and commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:KanelPupils.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Pupils in Kanel
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Matam Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kanel Department
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.068
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 15244
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Kanel
- P12749
- Lena Meyer-Landrut
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kanel (Hassaniya Arabic: ) is a town and urban commune in the Matam Region of northeastern Senegal. It is the capital of the Kanel Department. The population in 2023 was 15,244, an increase from the 12,975 counted in 2013.
The town received commune status in 1996. Its climate is typical of the Sahel region
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kanel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations