Dindéfelo (var. Dinndéfélou) is a village near
Segou in southeast
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
. It is home to the tourist attraction and park at
Dindefelo Falls which can be reached by following a creek-side trail to the south. The town is 38 km southeast of
Kedougou, 6 km from the town of Segou Senegal, and was historically a part of
Kedougou kingdom in the Senegalese foothills of the
Fouta Djallon
Fouta Djallon ( ff, 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢 𞤔𞤢𞤤𞤮𞥅, Fuuta Jaloo; ar, فوتا جالون) is a Highland (geography), highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa.
Etymology
The Ful ...
mountains. The region is traditionally home to the
Bassari people
The Bassari are people who live in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. The total population is between 10,000 and 30,000. Most of the Bassari are concentrated on either side of the Senegal-Guinea border southwest of Kedougou, Kédougou Reg ...
.
Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire:1970
Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire
IFAN (I.F.A.N., Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire or Fundamental Institute of Black Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, ...
. p. 560, 562, 563.
References
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Populated places in Kédougou Region