Kahone or Kawon is a town and commune near Kaolack, Senegal. It is primarily agricultural, but it is participating in industrial development plans. Also, the town is pursuing increased tourism based on its ancient Serer culture.
Kahone is the royal seat of the Serer Kingdom of Saloum which has ruled there since the 15th century after the Gelwar's defeat in c. 1335, and centuries previous to that. Kahone was originally a far more important town than Kaolack, but the roles have been reversed in recent years, and Kahone has been reduced to a sub-prefecture of Kaolack. An annual royal festival is celebrated in which the O Maad (Serer king), Djaraaf (Serer prime minister) and other dignitaries meet to decide kingdom issues and hold pageants celebrating the history of Saloum and the Serer people.
There is a mosque thanks to the Wolof and Fula Muslim settlers and a Catholic missions in Kahone. There are numerous ancient tombs, stone circles and megaliths in the vicinity as well as large burial mounds implanted with baobab trees.
Kahone is routinely involved in many administrative territorial disputes with neighboring communes, always emphasizing its earlier importance.
In 2007, according to official estimates, Kahone had 5,852 inhabitants.
Kahone or Kawon is a town and commune near Kaolack, Senegal. It is primarily agricultural, but it is participating in industrial development plans. Also...
Kahone Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Gossas Department in the Fatick Region of Senegal. The arrondissement is divided administratively into...
called Lower Saluum. The precolonial capital of Saloum was the city of Kahone. It was a sister to the Kingdom of Sine. Their history, geography and culture...
the largest and best known in Senegal. Kaolack is the successor city to Kahone, historic capital of the kingdom of Saloum. Originally marked by a sacred...
"Historic baobab trees of Senegal: Kahone". ericrossacademic.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020. "Kahone, Ancienne capitale du Saloum: Passé-présent...
Maodomalick Faye (born December 13, 1987, in Kahone) is a Senegalese footballer, who is currently playing for French side CS Feytiat. Faye made his Ligue...
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Gagnick Godjil Gouye Ndiouly baobab tree at Kahone, near Kaolack Island of Kouyong Keïta, opposite Kahone Backwaters of Ngaby and Wagui (Badakhoune) Senegal:...
(MWp) Kael solar park in the Touba region in western Senegal and the 35 MWp Kahone solar park in the Kaolack region in central western Senegal. Taiba NDiaye...
example, was the capital city that united the kingdoms of Kayor, as were Kahone, capital of Saloum; Diakhao, capital of the Sereer kingdom; and Lambaye...
demandent au président de la République d'envoyer une commission d'enquête à Kahone". DAKARACTU.COM (in French). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-25. "Site...
is concentrated in the South-Eastern part of the country, south of the Kahone–Tambacounda belt, as well as in the Casamance and Kédougou regions. SODEFITEX...
coronation of King of Saloum Thierno Coumba Daga Ndao on 21 May 2017 at Kahone (the precolonial capital of Saloum). He is the maternal uncle of the current...
located in the Region of Koalack. It contains five communes: Gandiaye, Kahone, Kaolack, Ndoffane and Sibassor. Rural districts (Communautés rurales) comprise:...
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