Yang-Yang
Yang-Yang is a village in northern Senegal, the seat of the eponymous Yang-Yang Arrondissement since 1976. It was made the capital of the Kingdom of Jolof in 1865 under Bakane Tam Khary Dialor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: village of Senegal
- Also known as: “Yang Yang”
Yang-Yang
- Categories: village of Senegal, administrative territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Louga Region, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
15.5893° or 15° 35′ 22″ northLongitude
-15.34257° or 15° 20′ 33″ westElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
7C76HMQ4+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4065286711OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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