Kagnout

Kagnout
Cagnout, Cagnut
Village
Kagnout
Coordinates: 12°32′56″N 16°37′40″W / 12.54889°N 16.62778°W / 12.54889; -16.62778Coordinates: 12°32′56″N 16°37′40″W / 12.54889°N 16.62778°W / 12.54889; -16.62778
Country Senegal
Region Ziguinchor
Department Oussouye
Elevation 31 m (102 ft)

Kagnout (also called Cagnout or Cagnut) is a village in Casamance, Senegal. It is located near the left bank of the estuary of the Casamance River.

History

On March 25, 1851, the leaders of Kagnout permanently ceded the island of Carabane to France.[1]

Administration

The village is part of the rural community of Mlomp in Oussouye, Ziguinchor.

Geography

The nearest towns are Carabane, Hitou, Kabounkoute, Niomoune, Loudia Diola, Mlomp, and Samatit.

Bibliography

  • Muriel Scibilia (2003). La Casamance ouvre ses cases. Tourisme au Sénégal (in French). L’Harmattan. p. 174. ISBN 2-85802-676-9.
  • Louis-Vincent Thomas (1958). Les Diola. Essai d’analyse fonctionnelle sur une population de Basse-Casamance (in French). Dakar: IFAN, Université de Dakar. p. 821.

References

  1. ↑ Jules de Clerq (1987). "Traité conclu à Elinkine, le 25 mars 1851, entre la France et les chefs de Cagnut, pour une cession de territoire". Recueil des traités de la France (1713-1906) (in French). Leiden.
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