Badème

Badème
Village
Badème is located in Senegal
Badème
Badème
Location within Senegal
Coordinates: 12°27′15″N 16°18′44″W / 12.45417°N 16.31222°W / 12.45417; -16.31222
Country Senegal
RegionZiguinchor Region
DepartmentZiguinchor Department
ArrondissementNyassia Arrondissement
CommuneNyassia
Population
 • Total
646
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Badème is a village in the rural community of Nyassia, Nyassia Arrondissement, Ziguinchor Department in the Ziguinchor Region of south-west Senegal, near the border with Guinée-Bissau.

Nearby villages include Bassèré, Bougnack, Kadiene, Goudoume, Atoure, Toubacouta, Babonda, Djililo and Bagame.

According to PEPAM (Programme d'eau potable et d'assainissement du Millénaire), Badème has a population of 646 people living in 90 houses.[1]

History

During the Casamance conflict, many people living in Badème were forced to flee. Following the 2014 ceasefire, efforts were made to demine the region. However, as May 2025, some mines still remained in Badème and the neighboring village of Bougnack, and while Badème was slowly being repopulated, the population of Bougnack still had not returned.[2]

Bibliography

  • (in French) Kalilou Diatta, La dynamique de l’espace rural dans la vallée de Nyassia : le terroir de Badème Basse-Casamance, Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1983, 95 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise)

References

  1. ↑ "Communauté rurale de Niassia". PEPAM. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Senegal: releasing land, rebuilding life | HI". Senegal: releasing land, rebuilding life. Retrieved 2026-08-26.