Oussouye

E605142

Oussouye is a town in southern Senegal’s Casamance region, known for its Jola culture and as a center of local traditions and languages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oussouye canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeStatus commune of full exercise ⓘ
capitalOf Oussouye Department ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
wet season and dry season ⓘ
country Senegal ⓘ
culturalRegion Jola country ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
crafts ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jola people ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Jola initiation rites ⓘ
mask dances ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
hasFeature cashew plantations ⓘ
palm groves ⓘ
rice fields ⓘ
sacred forests ⓘ
traditional kingship ⓘ
hasInfrastructure health center ⓘ
market ⓘ
primary schools ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
Jola languages ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
knownFor Jola culture ⓘ
local languages ⓘ
local traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Casamance ⓘ
Lower Casamance ⓘ
linked to: Casamance

Ziguinchor Region ⓘ
southern Senegal ⓘ
linked to: Casamance
nearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Casamance River ⓘ
partOf Oussouye Department ⓘ
regionType rural area ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
roadConnection Cap Skirring ⓘ
Ziguinchor ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
traditionalAuthority King of Oussouye ⓘ
usesCurrency West African CFA franc ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Casamance Creole → spokenInCity → Oussouye ⓘ