Kahone
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Place details
- Locality
- Kahone
- Region
- Kaolack
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 26,376
- Timezone
- Africa/Dakar
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kahone
- Settlement.native_name
- Ka-Woon
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and commune
- Settlement.total_type
- Town and commune
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kaolack
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kaolack
- Settlement.established_title
- Ka-Woon
- Settlement.established_date
- 14th century
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.034
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 26376
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- Toponymy and ancient history
- Medieval history
- Culture and Economy
- See also
- References
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Kahone (Serer proper: Ka-Woon (variations: Kawoon or Kawon)–meaning the ancestor, "the one who was" in Serer)) is a town and urban commune near Kaolack, Senegal. It was the capital of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Saloum and is a center of Serer culture and history.
==Toponymy and ancient history==
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