Tambacounda Region
Tambacounda, formerly known as Sénégal Oriental, is a region of Senegal. It used to be part of the Mali Empire before the borders were created to separate Mali from Senegal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Niokolo-Koba and Tambacounda.
Niokolo-Koba
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Niokolo Koba is a national park in the Tambacounda Region of in south eastern Senegal near the Guinea border. It's been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Tambacounda
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Tambacounda is a city in the Tambacounda Region of southeastern Senegal. It is the main transport hub for Basse Casamance, Guinea and Mali. Tourism is not very developed, but Tambacounda is often a stopover town for travellers going to the Niokolo-Koba National Park.
Kédougou
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Kédougou is a town on the banks of the Gambia River, in the middle of the hills of the Bassari country. It is the capital of the administrative region that bears its name.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Bakel and Salemata.
Bakel
Bakel is a town and urban commune, with a population of 18,939, located in the eastern part of Senegal, West Africa. 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 Gouraye in Mauritania.Salemata
Salémata is a city in Senegal. Salemata and the surrounding Bassari villages attract tourists interested in experiencing the Bassari culture. The area comes alive during the month of May, for the annual initiation ceremonies.Tambacounda Region
- Type: region of Senegal with 988,000 residents
- Description: region of Senegal
- Also known as: “Eastern Senegal Region”, “Région du Sénégal Oriental”, “Tambacounda”, and “Tambacounda region”
- Location: Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Tambacounda Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم تامباكوندا”
- Bambara: “Tanbakunda”
- Basque: “Tambacounda eskualdea”
- Basque: “Tambacounda”
- Basque: “Tambacoundako eskualdea”
- Bengali: “তাম্বাকুন্ডা অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Тамбакунда”
- Catalan: “Regió de Tambacounda”
- Catalan: “Tambacounda”
- Cebuano: “Tambacounda”
- Chinese: “Tambacounda Chiu”
- Chinese: “坦巴昆达区”
- Chinese: “坦巴昆达地区”
- Chinese: “坦巴昆達區”
- Czech: “Tambacounda”
- Danish: “Tambacounda Region”
- Dutch: “Tambacounda”
- Esperanto: “Tambacounda (regiono)”
- Esperanto: “Tambacounda”
- Finnish: “Tambacoundan alue”
- Finnish: “Tambacoundan maakunta”
- French: “Région de Tambacounda”
- French: “Sud-Est du Sénégal”
- French: “Tambacounda”
- Galician: “Rexión de Tambacounda”
- German: “Region Tambacounda”
- German: “SN-TC”
- German: “Tambacounda”
- Greek: “Ταμπακούντα”
- Gujarati: “ટેમ્બકોન્ડા પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “טמבאקונדה”
- Hindi: “ताम्बाकुंडा प्रदेश”
- Indonesian: “Region Tambacounda”
- Italian: “regione di Tambacounda”
- Italian: “Regione di Tambacounda”
- Italian: “Regione Tambacounda”
- Japanese: “タンバクンダ州”
- Kannada: “ತಂಬಾಕೌಂಡಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “담바큰다 주”
- Korean: “땀바쿤다 주”
- Korean: “탐바쿤다주”
- Latvian: “Tambakundas reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Tambakundos regionas”
- Malay: “Tambacounda Region”
- Marathi: “टेम्बाबांडा प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tambacounda Chiu”
- N'Ko: “ߕߊ߲߬ߓߊ߬”
- N'Ko: “ߕߊ߲߬ߓߊ߬ߞߎ߲߬ߘߊ߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲”
- N'Ko: “ߕߊ߲߬ߓߊ߬ߞߎ߲߬ߘߊ߫”
- Northern Frisian: “Tambacounda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rambacounda region”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tambacounda (region)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tambacounda-regionen”
- Norwegian: “Tambacounda”
- Persian: “تامباوندا”
- Polish: “Region Tambacounda”
- Portuguese: “Região de Tambacounda”
- Portuguese: “Tambacounda”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Tambacounda”
- Russian: “Тамбакунда”
- Scots: “Tambacounda Region”
- Sinhala: “ටම්බකුන්ඩා කලාපය”
- Spanish: “Region de Tambacounda”
- Spanish: “Región de Tambacounda”
- Spanish: “Region Tambacounda”
- Spanish: “Región Tambacounda”
- Spanish: “Tambacounda”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Tambacounda”
- Swedish: “Tambacounda”
- Tamil: “டம்பகொண்டா பகுதி”
- Telugu: “టాంబాకౌండా ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “ตามบากูนดา”
- Turkish: “Tambacounda Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Регіон Тамбакунда”
- Ukrainian: “Тамбакунда”
- Urdu: “تامباکؤندا ریجن”
- Urdu: “تامباکؤندا علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Tambacounda”
- Wolof: “Diiwaanu Tambaakundaa”
- Wolof: “Diiwaanu Tambakundaa”
- Wolof: “Diwaanu Tambakundaa”
- Wu Chinese: “坦巴昆达区”
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