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Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor · Senegal
City population
214,874
#11
in Senegal
#1
in Ziguinchor
#2,679
worldwide
12.568, -16.273 · 268 km from Dakar
About Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor is a city in Ziguinchor, Senegal with a population of 214,874. It is the 11th largest of the 65 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Senegal, and the 2,679th largest worldwide. It lies 268 km from Dakar.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Ziguinchor
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
19 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Dakar
Coordinates
12.568, -16.273
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 65 in SenegalClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.