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Kaolack

First-level unit, Senegal: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-SEN-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO SEN / SNStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
1,303,778
people (GHSL 2025)
5,285 km²
area
7.7%
of Senegal
3
units inside

01Imephu

Inside Kaolack

The 3 ADM2 units of Kaolack.

FIG 1 · 3 units inside Kaolack
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Abantu · GHSL 2025

1,303,778

7.7% of Senegal.

Abantu · WorldPop 2025

1,350,457

+4% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

5,285 km²

247 people per km².

Code

SN-KL

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Indawo esogwini ephansi

421,621

people on land at or below 10 m, 32.3% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Humanitarian data

Kaolack in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2022-12-31

1,267,014

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Poverty headcount · 2023-12-31

49.3%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

Rainfall · 2026-10-10

177%

of the long-term average, latest dekad. WFP – World Food Programme · Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY).

04Units

3 units inside Kaolack

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Guinguineo – 144,316 178,120 1,086.33 133 11.1% 19,466
Kaolack – 695,671 644,110 1,887.55 369 53.4% 379,731
Nioro Du Rip – 463,791 528,226 2,310.85 201 35.6% 22,423
05Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
32.7 H3 cells
Amachweba
1 H3 cells
Izikhumulo zezindiza
None at this resolution
Major roads
449.5 H3 cells
Ojantshi
99.2 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
06Ubungozi

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Kaolack publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Senegal.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Imithombo

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen SEN ADM1, source: Government of Senegal, OCHA ROWCA, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2019
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen SEN ADM2, source: Government of Senegal, OCHA ROWCA, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2019
ADM3 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen SEN ADM3, source: Government of Senegal, OCHA ROWCA, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2019
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Amazwe
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.