Kabiline is a large village in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal. In 2002 the village had a population of 3258 people.[1] Surrounded by rivers, it is connected by a road which leads to the N5 road, which connects it directly to the district seat of Diouloulou in the northwest.[2]
Kabiline | |
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Village | |
Kabiline Location in Senegal | |
| Coordinates: 12°58′0″N 16°33′24″W | |
| Country | |
| Region | Ziguinchor |
| Department | Bignona |
| Arrondissment | Kataba |
| Commune | Djinaki |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 3,258 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
In 1982 a group named Entente Kabiline emerged in the village.[3] In the early 1990s several people were murdered in Kabiline, including Kalifa Didhiou, a former political prisoner, and Famara Mary, a peasant farmer who was executed on 24 June 1990 by soldiers.[4]
The village contains Kabiline Primary School.[5]
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Capital: Bignona | |
| Arrondissement of Kataba |
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| Arrondissement of Sindian |
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| Arrondissement of Tendouck | |
| Arrondissement of Tenghory |
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