Kabrousse
Kabrousse
Cabrousse | |
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Town | |
  Kabrousse | |
| Coordinates: 12°21′20″N 16°43′14″W / 12.35556°N 16.72056°W | |
| Country | Senegal |
| Region | Ziguinchor |
| Department | Oussouye |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,352 |
Kabrousse (also spelled Cabrousse) is a village in the rural community of Diembéring, Oussouye, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal. It is a coastal village located a few kilometers south of Cap Skirring. In a straight line, it is the closest place in Africa to South America (2,841 km from Touros, Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil). About 2 km southeast of Kabrousse is the international border with Guinea-Bissau.
History
Kabrousse was once the kingdom seat of the Jola people.
Geography
Kabrousse is divided into three areas: Mossor, Kadiakaye and Nialou. The nearest towns are Mossor, Nialon, Sucujaque, Nhiquim, Varela and Acuminca. According to PEPAM (Water and Sanitation Program for the Millennium), there are 1352 people and 188 households in Kabrousse.
Economy
With its beach and typical Jola architecture, Kabrousse's economy runs primarily on tourism.
Notable inhabitants
Aline Sitoe Diatta, the leader of a resistance movement against French West Africa, was born in Nialou in 1920.[1]
Bibliography
- Jean Girard (1969). Genèse du pouvoir charismatique en Basse-Casamance, Sénégal (in French). Dakar: IFAN. p. 364.
References
- ^ Schwarz-Bart 2002, pp. 60–62