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Place details
- Locality
- Kaolack
- Region
- Kaolack
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 298,904
- Timezone
- Africa/Dakar
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kaolack
- Settlement.other_name
- كاولاك
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- MedinaBaayMosque.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The mosque at Medina Baay, Kaolack
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kaolack Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kaolack Department
- Settlement.population_total
- 298904
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Senegal
- Located in
- Kaolack
- Population
- 172305
- Elevation
- 22
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Capital of
- Kaolack
- Image
- MedinaBaayMosque.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Memphis
- Commons category
- Kaolack
- topic's main category
- Category:Kaolack
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kaolack
- P12749
- Ponte dei Bareteri
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Travel guide
Get around
Taxis (between 700 and 800 FCFA) are the main way to get around Kaolack or you can take a moto if you are brave enough.
See
thumbnail|Senegambian stone circles Most of Kaolack's glory is in its past as it is rumored to have had some of the best mangroves in Africa but any evidence of these has long since disappeared. Kaolack has one of the biggest covered markets in West Africa. The market has a good selection of wax fabrics as this is where smaller buyers come from around the region to purchase fabric. You can easily get 2 meters for 1500 CFA or 6 meters for 3500. Another site to be seen in the market is the "gris-gris" market where vendors sell everything from skins to shells for the local charm makers.
The stone circles at Wanar is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Buy
You can visit the Village Artisianal to find a selection of arts and crafts. As mentioned earlier, Kaolack has a great selection of Wax fabric available in the covered market. Most of the fabric sellers are located in the outer ring of shops.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article · Italiano
Kaolack (wolof: Kawlax) è una città portuale tra le più importanti del Senegal. Dista 189 km a sud-est dalla capitale Dakar. La città è collegata alla rete della Associazione internazionale dei sindaci francofoni (AMF).
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