Kédougou Region

Kédougou Region

*Région de Kédougou* (French)
*Diiwaanu Kéedugu* (Wolof)
Kédougou Region Région de Kédougou (French); Diiwaanu Kéedugu (Wolof)
Region
	Location of Kédougou in Senegal
	Kédougou région, divided into 3 départements
	Coordinates: 12°33′N 12°11′W / 12.550°N 12.183°W
Country	Senegal
Established	2008
Capital	Kédougou
Départements	List Kedougou Department; Salémata Department; Saraya Department;
Government
• Governor	Mamadou Diom
Area
• Total	16,800 km2 (6,500 sq mi)
Population (2023 census)
• Total	245,288
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Kédougou Region is a region of Senegal. It was created in 2008. Formerly it was a department in the Region of Tambacounda.

Kedougou has a number of ecotourism attractions.^[1]

Departments

Kédougou Region has three departments:

Kédougou is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

^ "Kedougou Ecotourism". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2010-01-30.

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