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Kingdom of Walo Waalo | |||||||||
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| 13th-14th century–1855 | |||||||||
 Waalo ca. 1850 | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Ndiourbel; Ndiangué; Nder | ||||||||
| Common languages | Wolof | ||||||||
| Religion | African traditional religion; Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Brak | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Waalo founded by Ndiadiane Ndiaye | 13th-14th century | ||||||||
• part of the Jolof Empire | c. 1350-1549 (de facto) / 1715 (de jure) | ||||||||
• French colonization | 1855 | ||||||||
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Waalo (Wolof: Waalo) was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa, in what is now Senegal and Mauritania. It included parts of the valley proper and areas north and south, extending to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north were Moorish emirates; to the south was the kingdom of Cayor; to the east was Jolof.
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