Kabrousse
Kabrousse
Cabrousse | |
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Town | |
![]() ![]() Kabrousse | |
Coordinates: 12°21′20″N 16°43′14″W / 12.35556°N 16.72056°WCoordinates: 12°21′20″N 16°43′14″W / 12.35556°N 16.72056°W | |
Country | Senegal |
Region | Ziguinchor |
Department | Oussouye |
Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,352 |
Kabrousse (also spelled Cabrousse) is a village in the rural community of Diembéring, Oussouye, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal. It is a coastal village located a few kilometers south of Cap Skirring. In a straight line, it is the closest place in Africa to South America (2,841 km from Touros, Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil). About 2 km southeast of Kabrousse is the international border with Guinea-Bissau.
Geography[]
Notable inhabitants[]
Aline Sitoe Diatta, the leader of a resistance movement against French West Africa, was born in Nialou in 1920.[1]
Bibliography[]
- Jean Girard (1969). Genèse du pouvoir charismatique en Basse-Casamance, Sénégal (in French). Dakar: IFAN. p. 364.
References[]
- ^ Schwarz-Bart 2002, pp. 60–62
External links[]
Categories:
- Populated places in Ziguinchor Region