Official Name: | Kébémer |
Settlement Type: | Town and commune |
Total Type: | Town and commune |
Flag Size: | 200px |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Senegal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Louga |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Kébémer |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Area Total Km2: | 10.97 |
Population As Of: | 2023 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 27305 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 15.3667°N -42°W |
Kébémer is a town with commune status in Louga Region in north-west Senegal, lying midway between Thiès and Saint-Louis. It is the chief settlement, with a population of 27,305 in 2023,[1] of the department of the same name.[2]
The town was founded in 1774 by a Marabout family.