Kédougou Department

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Kédougou Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the Kédougou Region, formerly part of the Tambacounda Region.

The chief settlement and only commune is Kédougou.

The rural districts (Communautés rurales) comprise:

  • Arrondissement of Bandafassi:
    • Ninéfécha
    • Bandafassi [fr]
    • Tomboroncoto [fr]
    • Dindefelo [fr]
  • Arrondissement of Fongolimbi:
    • Fongolimbi [fr]
    • Dimboli [fr]

Historic sites

  • Dindefelo Falls, natural site
  • Site of Iwol at Bandafassi, up the mountain, the “Place of silence”
  • Bassari Country