Carabane
Carabane, also known as Karabane, is an island and a village located in the extreme south-west of Senegal, in the mouth of the Casamance River. This relatively recent geological formation consists of a shoal and alluvium to which soil is added by accumulation in the branches and roots of the mangrove trees which cover most of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 396 residents
- Description: village of Senegal
- Also known as: “Karaban” and “Karabane”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diogue and Cachouane.
Diogue
Hamlet
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diogué is a village and an island in the rural community of Kafountine, Kataba Arrondissement, Bignona Department, Ziguinchor Region, Senegal. In 2003, there were 563 people and 78 households in Diogué. Diogue is situated 6 km west of Carabane.
Cachouane
Village
Cachouane is a town in Basse Casamance, southern Senegal, located in the mouth of the Casamance River, south of the island of Carabane. Cachouane is situated 6 km south of Carabane.
Nikine
Village
Nikine is a village in Kabrousse, Diembéring, Oussouye, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal; most residents are from the Fula people and the population is in decline. Nikine is situated 7 km southwest of Carabane.
Carabane
- Categories: human settlement, village of Senegal, port, and locality
- Location: Ziguinchor, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.55861° or 12° 33′ 31″ northLongitude
-16.69967° or 16° 41′ 59″ westPopulation
396Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)United Nations Location Code
SN CBEOpen location code
7C45H852+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2377934895OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tamil—“Carabane” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارابان”
- Cebuano: “Karabane”
- Chinese: “卡拉班島”
- Dutch: “Carabane”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كارابان”
- Finnish: “Carabane”
- French: “Carabane”
- French: “Karabane”
- German: “Carabane”
- German: “Karabane”
- Irish: “Carabane”
- Japanese: “カラバン”
- Persian: “کارابان”
- Polish: “Carabane”
- Russian: “Карабан (остров)”
- Russian: “Карабан”
- Serbian: “Карабане”
- Spanish: “Carabán”
- Spanish: “Carabane”
- Spanish: “Karabane”
- Tamil: “காரபான்”
- Tamil: “காரபான்தீவு-சிறப்புக்கட்டுரை”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carabane”. Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.