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.- Type: Village with 396 residents
- Description: village of Senegal
- Also known as: “Karaban” and “Senegal’de yerleşim birimi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diogue and Cachouane.
Diogue
Hamlet
Diogué is a village and an island in the rural… Diogue is situated 6 km west of Carabane.
Cachouane
Village
Cachouane is a town in Basse Casamance, southern… Cachouane is situated 6 km south of Carabane.
Nikine
Village
Nikine is a village in Kabrousse, Diembéring… 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″ north
Longitude
-16.69967° or 16° 41′ 59″ west
Population
396
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
UN/LOCODE
SN CBE
Open location code
7C45H852+C4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tamil—“Carabane” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارابان”
- Catalan: “Karabane”
- 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: “Karabane”
- Tamil: “காரபான்”
- Tamil: “காரபான்தீவு-சிறப்புக்கட்டுரை”
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