{{short description|Region of Senegal}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Kolda region | native_name = {{nativename|fr|Région de Kolda}}<br>{{nativename|wo|Diiwaanu Koldaa}} | settlement_type = [[Regions of Senegal|Region]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Kolda in Senegal.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Kolda in Senegal | image_map1 = Map of the departments of the Kolda region of Senegal.png | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = Kolda région, divided into three départements | pushpin_map = <!-- Senegal --> | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|13|05|N|14|49|W|region:SN_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Senegal]] | established_title = | established_date = | parts_type = [[Departments of Senegal|Départements]] | p1 = [[Kolda department|Kolda]] | p2 = [[Médina Yoro Foulah department|Médina Yoro Foulah]] | p3 = [[Vélingara department|Vélingara]] | p4 = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = [[Kolda]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 13771 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 916,513 | population_as_of = 2023 census | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_rank = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset = +0 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2017) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.443<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#900|low}} · [[List of Senegalese regions by Human Development Index|7th]] | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Kolda''' is a region of [[Senegal]] (regional capitals have the same name as their respective regions). It is also referred to historically and popularly as '''Haute [[Casamance]]'''.
It is one of the 14 regions of the country and is located in the south. It shares borders with [[Guinea]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[The Gambia]] and its fellow regions of [[Sédhiou region|Sédhiou]] and [[Tambacounda region|Tambacounda]].
==Departments== Kolda region is divided into three [[Departments of Senegal|departments]]: *[[Kolda department|Kolda département]] *[[Médina Yoro Foulah department|Médina Yoro Foulah département]] *[[Vélingara department|Vélingara département]]
==Notable people== *[[Mamadou Baldé]] (b. 1985), former professional footballer *[[Cheikh Sabaly]] (b. 1999), professional footballer
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Regions of Senegal}}
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[[Category:Kolda region| ]] [[Category:Casamance]] [[Category:Regions of Senegal]]
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