Kidira
town in Tambacounda, Senegal
Kidira is a town and urban commune in Tambacounda Region of eastern Senegal, lying near the Malian border. Its population in 2023 was 13,551.
Geography
Kidira is located in eastern Senegal on the Falémé River, which forms part of the border with Mali. Two bridges, a road bridge and a railway bridge, connect the town with Diboli, across the border in Mali. Kidira is located about 600 km east of the capital, Dakar. It is one of three towns in the Bakel Department, along with Bakel and Diawara.
Climate
Temperatures in Kidira can reach 40 °C between March and June due to the Harmattan, dry winds that blow from the east. The southwest monsoon then brings the rainy season in August and September. During the winter months, temperatures are more moderate, averaging around 23 °C. The strong easterly winds contribute significantly to soil erosion in the region.
Transport
It is an important transport hub and lies on the N1 and N2 roads, the Dakar – Bamako railway and the Falémé River.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kidira” as town in Tambacounda, Senegal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Tambacounda, Senegal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3196396. VIAF identifies the subject as 128187787. The Library of Congress control number is no2003087195. Authority coordinates are 14.457, -12.211. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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- Expand the search: follow Kidira primary sources, Kidira archive and Kidira research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Kidira” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.