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  • Carabane

  • Carabane

    Carabane, also known as Karabane, is an island and a village located in the south-west of Senegal. Portuguese sailors reached the west African coast in the 15th century AD, and in the 16th century, their traders became active in Carabane and its surroundings, mostly in search of wax, ivory, and slaves.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, The Island of Carabane.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Carabane
    by Olivier EpronOlivierkeita, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Carabane
    By Ji-Elle, Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons
    Carabane
    By Ji-Elle, Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 8 m

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    Carabane

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2005

    city

    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Senegal

    Ziguinchor

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    14th Century AD

    Jola people

    Mixed

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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