Matam
Matam department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, one of the three in the Matam region in the north-east of the country.
Photo: Agnam-goly, Public domain.- Type: department of Senegal with 388,000 residents
- Description: department of Senegal
- Also known as: “Matam department” and “Matam Department”
- Neighbors: Tambacounda Region
Matam
- Location: Matam Region, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
15.7319° or 15° 43′ 55″ north
Longitude
-13.6339° or 13° 38′ 2″ west
Population
388,000
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
7C78P9J8+QC
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Matam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة ماتام”
- Cebuano: “Matam Department”
- Chinese: “Matam Koān”
- Chinese: “馬塔姆省”
- Dutch: “Matam”
- French: “Departement de Matam”
- French: “Département de Matam”
- French: “Matam”
- Galician: “Departamento de Matam”
- German: “Département Matam”
- German: “Matam”
- Italian: “dipartimento di Matam”
- Italian: “Dipartimento di Matam”
- Japanese: “マタム県”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Matam Koān”
- Persian: “بخش ماتم”
- Portuguese: “Matã”
- Portuguese: “Matam”
- Spanish: “Departamento de Matam”
- Spanish: “Matam”
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