Kaolack
#723 in WorldSenegal
© Photograph by Joseph Hill, 2001, who contributed the photo with the condition that it be attributed.CC BY-SA 2.5
Population
251K
Coordinates
14.1500, -16.0667
Category
cities
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Kaolack is a town with a population of 298,904 on the north bank of the Saloum River about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from its mouth and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south. Kaolack is an important regional market town and is Senegal's main peanut trading and processing center. As the center of the Ibrahimiyya branch of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order founded by Ibrayima Ñas, it is also a major center of Islamic education.
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