Vélingara
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Vélingara is a city and urban commune situated in the Kolda Region of Senegal. It is located slightly north of the large 48 km Vélingara crater though the structure's impact origin is still unconfirmed.
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Place details
- Locality
- Vélingara
- Region
- Kolda
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 45,431
- Timezone
- Africa/Dakar
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Key facts
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
- Settlement.official_name
- Vélingara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City and commune
- Settlement.total_type
- City and commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vélingara ring-structur in senegal.png
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- Vélingara meteorite crater
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kolda Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vélingara
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 16.18
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 45431
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- From foundation to the 1940s
- Geography
- Geological physics
- Population
- Economy
- Culture
- Notable people born in Vélingara
- Climate
- See also
- References
Vélingara is a city and urban commune situated in the Kolda Region of Senegal. It is located slightly north of the large 48 km Vélingara crater though the structure's impact origin is still unconfirmed.
The population is primarily composed of Fulani, Soninke, Wolof and Mandinka people. The population at the 2023 census was 45,431 an increase from the counted 32,161 in 2013.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vélingara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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