Matam Region
Matam is a region o Senegal.
Matam Region Région de Matam | |
|---|---|
 Location o Matam in Senegal | |
 Matam région, dividit intae 3 départements | |
| Coordinates: 15°06′N 13°38′W / 15.100°N 13.633°W | |
| Kintra | Senegal |
| Caipital | Matam |
| Départements | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25083 km2 (9,685 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 423,041 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
It is a stairk, flat, arid place bundit on the north bi the Sénégal River an the sooth bi the Sahelian plain studdit wi baobab trees made famous in Le Petit Prince. Matam is populatit bi the taw noble Pulaar-speakin Toucouleur fowk who brocht Islam tae Senegal in the 18t century an gave us the muisic o Baaba Maal in the 21st century.
Depairtments
eeditMatam region is dividit intae 3 depairtments:
Geography
eeditMatam is traversed bi the northwasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.