Casamance
The Casamance is the region of Senegal south of The Gambia. Centered on the Casamance River, the region is soaked with mangrove forests, speckled with charming villages, and lined with the best beaches in all of Senegal.
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Kafountine
Kafountine is a coastal village in the Casamance region of Senegal.
Casamance
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- Description: region in Senegal
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Latitude of center
13.0153° or 13° 0′ 55″ north
Longitude of center
-15.3177° or 15° 19′ 4″ west
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wolof—“Casamance” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Casamance”
- Arabic: “كازامانس”
- Basque: “Casamance”
- Basque: “Cassamance”
- Breton: “Casamance”
- Breton: “Kazamañs”
- Catalan: “Casamance”
- Chinese: “卡萨芒斯”
- Chinese: “卡薩芒斯”
- Czech: “Casamance”
- Danish: “Casamance”
- Dutch: “Casamance”
- Esperanto: “Kazamanco”
- Finnish: “Casamance”
- French: “Casamance”
- Galician: “Casamansa”
- Galician: “Casamanza”
- Galician: “Rexión de Casamanza”
- German: “Casamance”
- Hebrew: “קאזאמאנס”
- Hungarian: “Casamance”
- Indonesian: “Casamance”
- Italian: “Casamance”
- Japanese: “カサマンス”
- Japanese: “カザマンス”
- Japanese: “カザマンス地方”
- Korean: “카자망스”
- Lithuanian: “Kasamansas”
- Lithuanian: “Kazamansas”
- Malay: “Kasamansa”
- N'Ko: “ߞߛߊߡߊߛߌ߬”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Casamance”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Casamança”
- Panjabi: “ਕਾਜ਼ਾਮਾਂਸ”
- Persian: “کازامانس”
- Polish: “Casamance”
- Portuguese: “Casamança”
- Portuguese: “Casamance”
- Portuguese: “Casamansa”
- Russian: “Казаманс”
- Slovak: “Kasamanka”
- Slovenian: “Casamance”
- Spanish: “Casamance”
- Spanish: “Casamanza”
- Spanish: “Cassamance”
- Swedish: “Casamanca”
- Swedish: “Casamança”
- Swedish: “Casamance”
- Ukrainian: “Казаманс”
- Ukrainian: “Касаманка”
- Ukrainian: “Касаманса”
- Urdu: “کازامنس”
- Venetian: “Cazamance”
- Wolof: “Kaasamaas”
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