Kaolack (sen)

Kaolack

Kaolack ranks 3,633rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Navsari, Suffern, New York, and Cherkasy. Memorable people born in Kaolack include Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, Papakouli Diop, and Amy Mbacké Thiam. Kaolack has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians. Kaolack is located in Senegal.

Kaolack is a town of 233,708 people on the north bank of the Saloum River about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from its mouth and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south. Kaolack is an important regional market town and is Senegal's main peanut trading and processing center. As the center of the Ibrahimiyya branch of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order founded by Ibrayima Ñas, it is also a major center of Islamic education. The Leona Niassene mosque (right) in Kaolack is one of the largest and best known in Senegal. Read more on Wikipedia