Coordinates: 12°21′20″N 16°43′14″W / 12.35556°N 16.72056°W / 12.35556; -16.72056

Kabrousse

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Kabrousse
Cabrousse
Town
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CountrySenegal
RegionZiguinchor
DepartmentOussouye
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 • Total
1,352

Kabrousse (also spelled Cabrousse) is a village in the rural community of Diembéring, Oussouye, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal. It is a coastal village located a few kilometers south of Cap Skirring. In a straight line, it is the closest place in Africa to South America (2,841 km from Touros, Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil). About 2 km southeast of Kabrousse is the international border with Guinea-Bissau.

Geography

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Notable inhabitants

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Aline Sitoe Diatta, the leader of a resistance movement against French West Africa, was born in Nialou in 1920.[1]

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