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Kaolack (kou`läk), city (1988 pop. 150,961), W Senegal, a port on the Saloum River. Lying in a farm area, Kaolack is a major peanut marketing and exporting center and has a large peanut oil factory. Brewing, leather tanning, cotton ginning, and fish processing are also important industries. Salt is produced from nearby salines. The city is on the railroad from Dakar to the Niger River in Mali. Kaolack is the center of the Sufi Muslim Tijaniyya brotherhood, whose mosque is on the city's outskirts. Kaolack a port in SW Senegal, on the Saloum River. Pop.: 299 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For instance, there is nothing to compare to the numinous qualities of Sherefudin's White Mosque at Visoko, Yugoslavia (AR October 1983), nor the wacky dynamism of the Kaolack Cultural Centre in Senegal (AR November 1995). |
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