Kédougou region

{{short description|Region of Senegal}}

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| name = Kédougou region

| native_name = {{nativename|fr|Région de Kédougou}}
{{nativename|wo|Diiwaanu Kéedugu}}

| settlement_type = Region

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| image_map = Kedougou in Senegal.svg

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| map_caption = Location of Kédougou in Senegal

| image_map1 = Map of the departments of the Kédougou region of Senegal.png

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| map_caption1 = Kédougou région, divided into 3 départements

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Senegal

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 2008

| parts_type = Départements

| p1 = Kedougou

| p2 = Salémata

| p3 = Saraya

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Kédougou

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| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Mamadou Diom

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 16800

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| population_total = 245,288

| population_as_of = 2023 census

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| timezone = GMT

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Kédougou is a region of Senegal. It was created in 2008. Formerly it was a department in the region of Tambacounda.

Kedougou has a number of ecotourism attractions.{{Cite web |url=http://pcsenegal.org/ecot/kedougou.html/ |title=Kedougou Ecotourism |access-date=2010-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528083108/http://www.pcsenegal.org/ecot/kedougou.html |archive-date=2009-05-28 |url-status=dead }}