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Also known as Sédhiou Region, Sedhiou Region, Sedhiou

region of Senegal

Key facts

Country
Senegal
Capital
Sédhiou
D partements
List Bounkiling department Goudomp department Sédhiou department
Governor
Cheikh Kane Niane
Total
7,341 km (2,834 sq mi)
Density
80.48/km (208.4/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+0 ( GMT )

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Sédhiou region (retroactively called Middle Casamance) is a region of Senegal located in the southwest of the country in the natural region called Casamance.

It was historically a department of the Kolda region until 2008.

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

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