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Town in Ziguinchor, Senegal

Kabrousse

Kabrousse

Key facts

elevation above sea level15m
instance ofhuman settlement, village of Senegal, chef-lieu
countrySenegal
located in the administrative territorial entityDiembéring
All data from the card 5
Country
Senegal
Region
Ziguinchor
Department
Oussouye
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
• 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.

Notable inhabitants

Aline Sitoe Diatta, the leader of a resistance movement against French West Africa, was born in Nialou in 1920.

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