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Bignona

Western Africa

Bignona is a town with commune status in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal, in the Casamance area of the country's southwest. Two national roads, the N4 and N5, connect it to Ziguinchor, Kaolack, and Banjul, and it appeared briefly in the 2004 Spanish film Binta and the Great Idea. The 2023 census recorded 28,642 residents across 16.88 square kilometers, a density of about 1,697 people per square kilometer.

Facts
Population
28,642 1
Area (sq km)
16.88 1
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Elevation (m)
30 1
Latitude
12.809722 degrees north 1
Longitude
16.230028 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 2
Sources
1. Bignona (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 28,642 (2023)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 12.809722, longitude -16.230028
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 30 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 16.88 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 28642 (2023)
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2. GeoNames: Bignona - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2253901
    12.81028 -16.22639 P PPL SN 12 28642 30 Africa/Dakar
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 30 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, -16.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, -16.25
12.75 -16.25 Aw
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Bignona (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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