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Sokone
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Place details
- Locality
- Sokone
- Region
- Région de Fatick
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 14,745
- Timezone
- Africa/Dakar
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sokone
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Across the bay.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bay at Sokone
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Fatick Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Foundiougne
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 14,500
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Senegal
- Demonym
- Sokonois
- Country
- Senegal
- Located in
- Foundiougne Department
- Population
- 20424
- Area
- 7.475
- Elevation
- 14
- Image
- Across the bay.JPG
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- Sokone
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Encyclopedic overview
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Sokone is a town in the Fatick Region of central Senegal.
Sokone is a tranquil town on the south-eastern Sine-Saloum Delta amid the mangroves. It is located on the N5 road from Kaolack to Banjul, 50 km south of Kaolack and 66 km north of Banjul. During the colonial period, the town was a peanut port and the old warehouses can still be seen around town along with a large number of peanut fields in the surrounding country side. Along with peanuts, millet, cashews, and many fruits and vegetables are grown. Agriculture and fishing continue to be the main economic activities in the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sokone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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