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Koungheul Facts

Area	4.6 km²
Population	160,984
Male Population	81,553 (50.7%)
Female Population	79,431 (49.3%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+178.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+50.8%
Median Age	17.8 years (Male: 17.1, Female: 18.5)
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	13.98333, -14.80000

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Koungheul Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	57,826	86,088	106,728	142,892	160,984
Population Density	12,674.2 / km²	18,868.6 / km²	23,392.4 / km²	31,318.8 / km²	35,284.2 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Koungheul Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 33.9% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Koungheul	+147.1%	+66%	+33.9%
Kaffrine	+208.7%	+99%	+57.7%
Senegal	+211.9%	+102.5%	+53.7%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Koungheul Median Age

Median Age: 17.8 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Koungheul	17.8 yrs	18.5 yrs	17.1 yrs
Kaffrine	17.8 yrs	18.5 yrs	17.1 yrs
Senegal	17.8 yrs	18.5 yrs	17.1 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Koungheul Population Density

Population Density: 35,284 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Koungheul	160,984	4.563 km²	35,284 / km²
Kaffrine	628,624	11,047.6 km²	56.9 / km²
Senegal	14.9 million	196,435.1 km²	76.1 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Koungheul Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1600 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Koungheul CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Koungheul	108,540 tn	0.67 tn	23,789.6 tons/km²
Kaffrine	423,486 tn	0.67 tn	38.3 tons/km²
Senegal	10,019,063 tn	0.67 tn	51 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Koungheul CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	108,540 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.67 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	23,789.6 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Koungheul

Koungheul is a town and a department in central Senegal. It belongs to the region of Kaffrine and is situated between the Towns of Kaolack and Tambacounda. There are about 15'000 inhabitants and most of them are Wolof.

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