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Nepen Diakha

Coordinates: 12°23′35.36″N 12°33′29.63″W / 12.3931556°N 12.5582306°W / 12.3931556; -12.5582306
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12°23′35.36″N 12°33′29.63″W / 12.3931556°N 12.5582306°W / 12.3931556; -12.5582306 Nepen Diakha is a locality situated in the Kédougou Region, Senegal. The highest point of the country is located 2.7 km southeast of Nepen Diakha on an unnamed ridge defining the border with Guinea. There is a 648 meters (2,126 feet) above sea level spot height here on the 1983, very detailed, five-meter contour interval 1:25,000 scale topographic map sheet 2049I SE produced by the joint Senegal-Guinea Organization for the Development of the River Gambia with "topography by photogrammetric methods" from US-flown aerial images. SRTM data shows a 642 meter elevation here.

The village of Nepin Peul is the closest locality to this ridge.

The coordinates of the highest point of Senegal are 12°22′24″N 12°32′37″W / 12.37333°N 12.54361°W / 12.37333; -12.54361.

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