Kaolack

Kaolack
/kah"oh lak, kow"lak/, n.
a city in W Senegal. 96,000.
Also, Kaolak.

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      town, west-central Senegal. It lies on the right bank of the Saloum River, 95 miles (150 km) southeast of Dakar. An ocean and river port with an important export trade in peanuts (groundnuts) and salt, it is linked by rail with Guinguinéo (13 miles [21 km] northeast) and the Dakar-Niger railway. It is also the hub of the road network that serves both the southern and eastern parts of Senegal. Kaolack is the centre of one major branch of the Tijani (Tijāniyyah) order of Islam, whose great mosque of al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm Niasse is just outside the town. Pop. (2004 est.) 178,684.

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  • Kaolack — v. du Sénégal, port sur le Saloum; 157 000 hab.; ch. l. de la rég. du m. nom. Centrale thermique. Aérodrome. Exportation d arachides; huileries. Salines …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Kaolack — 14°10′0″N 16°05′0″O / 14.16667, 16.08333 …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Kaolack — 14.15 16.07036 Koordinaten: 14° 9′ N, 16° 4′ W …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kaolack — Original name in latin Kaolack Name in other language KLC, Kaolac, Kaolack, Kaolak State code SN Continent/City Africa/Dakar longitude 14.1825 latitude 16.25333 altitude 1 Population 172305 Date 2012 02 24 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Kaolack — 1 Admin ASC 1 Code Orig. name Kaolack Country and Admin Code SN.10 SN 2 Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Kaolack Country and Admin Code SN.10.2250807 SN …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

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