Vélingara department

Vélingara department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, one of the three making up the Kolda region in the Upper Casamance.

Administration

The department has three communes: Vélingara (the capital town), Kounkané and Diaobé-Kabendou.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise: Bonconto Arrondissement Bonconto (Bonkonto) Linkéring Médina Gounass Sinthiang Koundara Pakour Arrondissement Pakour Paroumba Ouassadou Saré Coly Sallé Arrondissement Saré Coly Sallé Kandia Kandiaye Némataba

Population

In the December 2002 census, the population was 189,742. In 2005, it was estimated at 206,547 people. The 2023 census counted a population of 405,151.RGPH-5, Rapport Definitif

Historical site Village of Payoungou, arrondissement of Pakour

Notable people Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara, founder of the NGO Mozdahir International InstituteDiop, Macoumba (2013). L'introduction du chiisme au Sénégal. In Histoire, monde et cultures religieuses 2013/4 (n° 28), pages 63-77.

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