Velingara

Vélingara is a market town in southern Senegal's Kolda Region, in Upper Casamance near the Guinea-Bissau border, and is the capital of Vélingara department. It sits at the eastern edge of the Casamance region and gives its name to the Vélingara structure, a large (roughly 35–40 km diameter) buried geological feature studied by scientists as a candidate meteorite impact crater; the depression is mostly covered by sediment, with only a lateritic rim and scattered basement rock exposed, and geophysical surveys have found gravity and magnetic anomalies consistent with, though not yet proof of, an impact origin.

By Road

Vélingara is reached by paved road from Kolda and other regional towns.

The town centre is walkable.

• The Vélingara structure, a large buried geological formation studied as a possible ancient impact crater — mostly not visible at the surface, but of scientific interest.
• The town's weekly market.

• The town's market for produce, textiles, and household goods.

• Kolda — the regional capital.
• Kounkané and Diaobé — nearby, with one of West Africa's largest weekly markets.