West Africa
Senegal
Tambacounda Region

Bakel

Bakel is a town and urban commune, with a population of 18,939, located in the eastern part of , . The town is located on the left bank of the Sénégal River, 65 kilometers from the Malian border and linked by canoe ferry to the village of in .
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  • Type: City with 13,300 residents
  • Description: town and commune in Senegal
  • Also known as: “Bakel, Senegal”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gouraye.

Town
is a town and commune in , located in the Guidimaka Region.

Bakel

Latitude
14.905° or 14° 54′ 18″ north
Longitude
-12.4568° or 12° 27′ 25″ west
Population
13,300
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
IATA airport code
BXE
United Nations Location Code
SN BXE
Open location code
7C69WG3V+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 295844702
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2254441
Wiki­data ID
Q804289
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Bakel” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Bakel”
  • Bulgarian: “Бакел”
  • Catalan: “Bakel”
  • Cebuano: “Bakel”
  • Chinese: “巴克爾”
  • Dutch: “Bakel”
  • Finnish: “Bakel”
  • French: “Bakel (Senegal)”
  • French: “Bakel”
  • German: “Bakel”
  • Italian: “Bakel”
  • Japanese: “バケル”
  • Persian: “باکئل”
  • Polish: “Bakel”
  • Russian: “Бакель”
  • Swahili: “Bakel (Senegal)”
  • Swahili: “Bakel”
  • Swedish: “Bakel”
  • Ukrainian: “Бакель”

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