{{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Kidira |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Town and commune<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |total_type = Town and commune |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Kidira Hotel de Ville.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = The hotel de ville |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = <!-- SN-Bakel.png --> |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Senegal <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{SEN}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Tambacounda |subdivision_type2 = Department |subdivision_name2 = Bakel <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = metric |area_footnotes = <ref name="pop"/> |area_total_km2 = 4.545 |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2023 census |population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/senegal/mun/admin/tambacounda/SN12010353__kidira/ Citypopulation.de] Population and area of Kidira Commune</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 13551 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|14|25|N|12|15|W|region:SN|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''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.<ref name="pop"/>
== Transport == thumb|left|The N2 highway in Kidira<!-- Falémé River flow--> {{Image frame|width=280|content= Falémé River at Kidira <timeline> #>Documentation at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax <# #>http://webworld.unesco.org/water/ihp/db/shiklomanov/part'4/AFRICA/Senegal/1sg%60fa~1.htm <# Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.8) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.3) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.8,0.9) ImageSize = width:280 height:200 PlotArea = left:40 bottom:15 top:5 right:5 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo
PlotData= #>Draw bars <# color:barra width:12 align:left bar:Jan from:0 till: 21 bar:Feb from:0 till: 10 bar:Mar from:0 till: 4 bar:Apr from:0 till: 1 bar:May from:0 till: 1 bar:Jun from:0 till: 20 bar:Jul from:0 till: 148 bar:Aug from:0 till: 714 bar:Sep from:0 till: 974 bar:Oct from:0 till: 455 bar:Nov from:0 till: 120 bar:Dec from:0 till: 39 </timeline> | caption = Average monthly flow (m<sup>3</sup>/s) at the Kidira hydrometric station over the period 1904-1984<ref name=unesco>{{citation | publisher=Unesco International Hydrological Programme | title=Hydrographic data for Kidira, Sénégal 1930-1983 | url=http://webworld.unesco.org/water/ihp/db/shiklomanov/part'4/AFRICA/Senegal/1sg%60fa~1.htm | accessdate=24 May 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129075049/http://webworld.unesco.org/water/ihp/db/shiklomanov/part%274/AFRICA/Senegal/1sg%60fa~1.htm | archive-date=29 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}.</ref> }} It is an important transport hub and lies on the N1 and N2 roads, the Dakar – Bamako railway and the Falémé River.
== See also == * Railway stations in Senegal {{Clear left}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Populated places in Tambacounda region Category:Mali–Senegal border crossings Category:Communes of Senegal
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