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Kaolack (Kawlax in Wolof) is a town of 172,305 people (2002 census) on the north bank of the River Saloum and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which ...
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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 ...
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Town in western Senegal, 190 km/118 mi southeast of Dakar, located on the Saloum River and connected by railway with Dakar and Bamako, Mali; population (1992) 179,900.

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Kaolack, city, western Senegal, in Kaolack Region, on the Saloum River. An important river port, it is one of the nation's largest communities and a trade and processing center for locally produced peanuts and salt. A railroad links the city with Dakar and landlocked Mali. A large mosque of the Sufi Tijaniyah (Tijaniyya) order of Islam is on the city's outskirts. Population (1996 estimate) 199,023.