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Walo (Kingdom)

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Geographic headingWalo (Kingdom)
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Geographic subdivision usageWalo (Kingdom)
Variant(s)Oualo (Kingdom)
Waalo (Kingdom)
Found inWalo Brack, 200- : t.p. (Walo) p. 11 (Oualo)
Historical dictionary of Senegal, 1994 : p. 275-278 (Walo; "a Wolof kingdom comprising the delta of the Senegal River from the outskirts of Saint-Louis to Dagana, north and south of the river")
Le royaume du Waalo, 1972 : p. 68, etc. (though historical evidence is vague, the kingdom of Waalo was likely founded circa 1200 A.D.; conquered by the French in 1855)