Kaolack

Kaolack · Senegal

Kaolack, Senegal
Photo: Photograph by Joseph Hill, 2001, who contributed the photo with the condition that it be attributed., CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to February
Budget
$
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A major inland port on the Saloum River, Kaolack grew wealthy from the groundnut trade and hosts one of the largest covered markets in West Africa. It is also an important center of the Niassène branch of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order.

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