| Official Name: | Yang-Yang |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Senegal |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louga Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | Linguere Department |
| Subdivision Type3: | Arrondissement |
| Subdivision Name3: | Yang-Yang Arrondissement |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 364 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 15.5833°N -36°W |
| Elevation M: | 20 |
Yang-Yang is a village in northern Senegal, the seat of the eponymous Yang-Yang Arrondissement since 1976.[1] It was made the capital of the Kingdom of Jolof in 1865 under Bakane Tam Khary Dialor.[1]
Buurba Alboury Ndiaye built a tata in the town to defend it, using a labor force of 3000 men.[2] [1] The defenses successfully repelled an attach by Bara Ba, cousin of Shaikh Amadou Ba, in 1875.
Yang-Yang was captured and burned by a French column led by Alfred Dodds in May 1890, bringing Jolof into the French colonial empire as a protectorate.
Yang-Yang was the site of the first colonial school in Jolof, founded in 1897.[1] The remains of the tata, palace, and a stele marking the location of the mosque with several prominent graves are on the list of National Historic Monuments of Senegal.[3] The former palace hosts the Museum of the History of Jolof and Franco-Senegalese Friendship, founded by Mansour Bouna Ndiaye, son of the last Buurba of Jolof.[1]