Diouloulou | |
|---|---|
Town and commune | |
  Diouloulou Location in Senegal | |
| Coordinates: 13°3′N 16°36′W / 13.050°N 16.600°W | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Ziguinchor |
| Department | Bignona |
| Area | |
• Town and commune | 4.769 km2 (1.841 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 census)[1] | |
• Town and commune | 8,109 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Diouloulou is a small town and commune in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal. In 2002, the town had a population of 2,725.[2]
The village of Diouloulou was the capital of the rural community of Diouloulou and of the arrondissement of Diouloulou. In 2008, the town gained the status of a "commune". This was connected with the separation of the urban area from the territory of the rural community and from the arrondissement, whose main place and namesake henceforth was the village of Kataba I. The urban area includes the villages of Djibaly, Badionkoto, Missira, Brikamanding 2, Aïnoumane and Santhiba. [3]
Diouloulou, a quiet, unremarkable town,[4] lies along the N5 road. There is a small church, Eglise de Diouloulou, in the southern outskirts of the town,[5] and a campement at Auberge Myriam.[6]
Senegal national football team forward Lamine Camara is a native of Diouloulou.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Diouloulou Commune
- ^ "Localité de Diouloulou". PEPAM. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ DECRET n° 2008-748 du 10 juillet 2008 portant création de communes dans les régions de . . . Ziguinchor.
- ^ Connolly, Sean (5 November 2015). Senegal. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 331. ISBN 978-1-84162-913-1.
- ^ "Diouloulou" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ Trillo, Richard (2 June 2008). The Rough Guide to West Africa. Rough Guides Limited. p. 627. ISBN 978-1-4053-8068-3.