Marsassoum
Sign in to saveMarsassoum is a small town and seat of the Marsassoum Arrondissement in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal, roughly from Ziguinchor. It lies on the bank of the Soungrougrou River. In 2023 it had a population of 9,815.
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It sits within the topics Communes of Senegal and Populated places in the Ziguinchor department.
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- Instance of
- commune of Senegal
- Country
- Senegal
- Located in
- Sédhiou Department
- Elevation
- 7
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Marsassoum is a small town and seat of the Marsassoum Arrondissement in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal, roughly from Ziguinchor. It lies on the bank of the Soungrougrou River. In 2023 it had a population of 9,815.
==History== During colonial times it was a centre of the slave trade. Children could be sold from 200 to 250 francs. Today there are significant populations of Mandinka people living in the vicinity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marsassoum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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