Sédhiou

Sédhiou region is a region of located in the southwest of the country in the natural region called . It was historically a department of the until 2008.
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  • Type: region of Senegal with 591,000 residents
  • Description: region of Senegal
  • Also known as: Region de Sedhiou”, “Sedhiou”, “Sedhiou Region”, “Sédhiou region”, and “Sédhiou Region

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sédhiou.

Town
is a town of , in , nearby the , with a population of 31,511 in 2023. It is the capital of the Region.

Sédhiou

Latitude
12.7068° or 12° 42′ 25″ north
Longitude
-15.558° or 15° 33′ 29″ west
Population
591,000
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
7C46PC4R+PQ
Geo­Names ID
7303937
Wiki­data ID
Q589848
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Sédhiou” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Rajoni Sédhiou
  • Arabic: سيدهيو
  • Basque: Sédhiou eskualdea
  • Basque: Sédhiou
  • Belarusian: рэгіён Седзіу
  • Belarusian: Седзіу (рэгіён)
  • Belarusian: Седзіу
  • Belarusian: Сэдыю
  • Bengali: সেধিউ
  • Catalan: Sédhiou
  • Cebuano: Région de Sédhiou
  • Chinese: Sédhiou Chiu
  • Chinese: 塞久区
  • Chinese: 塞久區
  • Danish: Sédhiou
  • Dutch: Sédhiou
  • Esperanto: Regiono de Sédhiou
  • Esperanto: Regiono Sédhiou
  • Esperanto: Sédhiou (regiono)
  • Esperanto: Sédhiou
  • Finnish: Sédhiou
  • Finnish: Sédhioun alue
  • French: Sédhiou
  • Galician: Rexión de Sédhiou
  • German: Region Sédhiou
  • German: Sédhiou
  • German: SN-SE
  • Greek: Σεντιού
  • Gujarati: સેધિઓ
  • Hindi: सेदियोऊ
  • Indonesian: Sédhiou
  • Italian: Regione di Sédhiou
  • Italian: Sédhiou
  • Japanese: セディウ州
  • Kannada: ಸೆಡಿಯೂ
  • Korean: 세디우주
  • Latvian: Sēgu
  • Lithuanian: Sediju regionas
  • Lithuanian: Sedju regionas
  • Malay: Sedhiou
  • Marathi: सेधियो
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sédhiou Chiu
  • Northern Frisian: Sédhiou
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sédhiou
  • Norwegian: Sédhiou
  • Persian: سدیو
  • Polish: Sédhiou
  • Portuguese: Região de Sédhiou
  • Romanian: Regiunea Sédhiou
  • Russian: Седиу
  • Scots: Sédhiou Region
  • Sinhala: සෙදෞ
  • Slovenian: Sédhiou
  • Slovenian: SN-SE
  • Spanish: Región de Sédhiou
  • Spanish: Sedhiou
  • Spanish: Sédhiou
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Sedhiou
  • Swedish: Sédhiou
  • Tamil: சேதிய
  • Telugu: సెదియో
  • Thai: เซดเฮียว
  • Turkish: Sédhiou
  • Ukrainian: Регіон Седіу
  • Ukrainian: Седіу
  • Urdu: سیدھیو ریجن
  • Urdu: سیدھیو علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Sédhiou
  • Wolof: Diiwaanu Séeju
  • Wu Chinese: 塞久区

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Île du Diable and Sedhiou.

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