Koumpentoum
Koumpentoum is a town and urban commune in the Tambacounda Region of central Senegal. In 2023 it had a population of 15,723 Koumpentoum was for centuries the capital of the Kingdom of Niani.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 15,700 residents
- Description: town in Tambacounda, Senegal
- Also known as: “Koumpenntoum”, “Koumpenntoun”, and “Koupentoun”
Koumpentoum
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Tambacounda Region, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
13.98042° or 13° 58′ 50″ northLongitude
-14.56113° or 14° 33′ 40″ westPopulation
15,700Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
7C57XCJQ+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1967597774OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2249576Wikidata ID
Q3199296
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swahili—“Koumpentoum” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Koumpentoum”
- Chinese: “昆彭圖姆”
- Dutch: “Koumpentoum”
- French: “Koumpentoum”
- German: “Koumpentoum”
- Japanese: “クンペントゥム”
- Polish: “Koumpentoum”
- Russian: “Кумпентум”
- Swahili: “Koumpentoum”
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