Dindéfelo (var. Dinndéfélou) is a village near
Segou in southeast
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
. It is home to the tourist attraction and park at
Dindefelo Falls
Dindefelo Falls, located in the town of Dindefelo, is a tourist attraction and park in southeast Senegal. It is located just a few miles from the Guinean border. The falls are about 100 meters high.
It forms part of the Bassari Country
The B ...
which can be reached by following a creek-side trail to the south. The town is 38 km southeast of
Kedougou, 6 km from the town of Segou Senegal, and was historically a part of
Kedougou kingdom in the Senegalese foothills of the
Fouta Djallon
Fouta Djallon (, , ; ) is a Highland (geography), highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa.
Etymology
The Fulani people call the region Fouta Jallon Kingdom, Fuuta-Jaloo ( ) in the Pular l ...
mountains. The region is traditionally home to the
Bassari people
The Bassari are an ethnic group who live primarily in Senegal, with some diaspora into Gambia, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. They are a matrilineal society stratified into different co ed social groups by age. The Bassari speak a Tenda language called ...
.
Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire:1970
Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. p. 560, 562, 563.
References
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Populated places in Kédougou region