Official Name: | Koumpentoum |
Settlement Type: | Town and commune |
Total Type: | Town and commune |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Senegal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Senegal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tambacounda |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Koumpentoum |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Area Total Km2: | 7.393 |
Population As Of: | 2023 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 15723 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 13.9833°N -48°W |
Koumpentoum is a town and urban commune in the Tambacounda Region of central Senegal. In 2023 it had a population of 15,723[1] Koumpentoum was for centuries the capital of the Kingdom of Niani.[2]
It is served by a station on the national railway network.