Tambacounda
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Place details
- Locality
- Tambacounda
- Region
- Tambacounda
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 149,071
- Timezone
- Africa/Dakar
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tambacounda
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City and commune
- Settlement.total_type
- City and commune
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- File:Niels Broekzitter, 2009.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tamba Counda train station
- Settlement.image_map
- Tambacounda arrondissements.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- arrondissements of the Tambacounda department
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- Senegal
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- Location within Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Senegal
- Located in
- Tambacounda
- Population
- +41885
- Elevation
- +24
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Capital of
- Tambacounda
- Official website
- mairietamba.com
- Image
- Niels Broekzitter, 2009.jpg
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- Administration
- Sites of interest
- Sister cities
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Tambacounda (Wolof: Tambaakundaa) is the largest city in eastern Senegal, southeast of Dakar, and is the regional capital of the province of the same name. Its population in 2023 was 149,071.
==Geography== Tambacounda is situated on the sparsely populated sahel plains of eastern Senegal. Nearby towns include Madina Maboule, Koukari, Yoro Sankoule, Sambadian, Djidje Kounda, Afia Seno, Saare Boylii, and Kanderi Niana.