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Gniby
Gniby is an arrondissement of Kaffrine Department in Kaffrine Region in Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� .... In 2023, 40 people were killed in a bus crash. References {{coord missing, Mauritania Arrondissements of Senegal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaffrine Bus Crash
On 8 January 2023, 40 people were killed and 101 injured in central Senegal when two buses collided in Gniby near the regional capital of Kaffrine on the N1 national road. Background Buses, known locally as "schedules," travel at night from region to region in Senegal, and cause many accidents. In October 2020, 16 were killed and 15 injured when a bus collided with a refrigerated lorry near to Malem Hodar. In a nation of 17 million people, there are 700 traffic fatalities every year, a ratio of 24 per 100,000 people; typical for sub-Saharan Africa (where the rate is 27 per 100,000), but much higher than, for example, the European Union, with just 6 deaths per 100,000 people per year. This high rate is blamed on "driver error, poor roads and decrepit vehicles." Africa accounts for about one-fifth of the world's road deaths, despite only containing 3% of the world's motor vehicles. Africa Transport Policy Program, which works on developing transportation policies, has referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaffrine Department
Kaffrine Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and is located in the Kaffrine Region, formerly part of the Kaolack Region. The main settlements are the communes of Kaffrine Kaffrine ( Wolof: Kafrin) is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal. Agriculture Kaffrine lies in Senegal's Peanut Basin. Peanuts are the second most common crop for the people of Kaffrine, only behind Millet. Both crops are grown by ... and Nganda. In addition there are the rural communities (''Communautés rurales'') of , , , , , and . Historic sites in Kaffrine department * Megalithic site of Keur Ali Ngane * Megalithic site of Sorokogne * Megalithic site of Keur Modi Toy * Megalithic site of Pathé Tiangaye * Megalithic site of Keur Ali Lobé * Megalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissements Of Senegal
The departments of Senegal are subdivided into arrondissements. As of 2008 there were 133. The arrondissements are listed below, by department: Bakel *Bélé Arrondissement * Kéniaba Arrondissement * Moudéry Arrondissement Bambey *Baba Garage Arrondissement *Lambaye Arrondissement *Ngoye Arrondissement Bignona *Kataba Arrondissement *Sindian Arrondissement * Tendouck Arrondissement *Tenghori Arrondissement Birkilane *Keur Mboucki Arrondissement *Mabo Arrondissement Bounkiling *Boghal Arrondissement *Bona Arrondissement * Diaroumé Arrondissement Dagana * Arrondissement of Mbane * Arrondissement of Ndiaye Dakar * Almadies Arrondissement - divided into 4 communes d'arrondissement. *Grand Dakar Arrondissement - divided into 6 communes d'arrondissement *Parcelles Assainies Arrondissement - divided into 4 communes d'arrondissement * Plateau/Gorée Arrondissement - divided into 5 communes d'arrondissement Diourbel *Ndindy Arrondissement *Ndoulo Arrondissement Fatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaffrine Region
Kaffrine Region is a region of Senegal. It was created in 2008. Departments Kaffrine Region has four departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...: * Birkilane Département * Kaffrine Département * Koungheul Département * Malem Hoddar Département States and territories established in 2008 Regions of Senegal {{Senegal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Renndaandi Senegaali); Arabic: جمهورية السنغال ''Jumhuriat As-Sinighal'') is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is notably the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
