Is Koungheul safe? Senegal travel risk
Is Koungheul safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Koungheul scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Senegal Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 1 Dec 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Koungheul scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Senegal (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Koungheul: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Senegal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 13.9667° N, 14.8053° W place Koungheul within Kaffrine at an elevation of 17 meters. Heading to Dakar: 293.7 km WNW.
Kaffrine
13.9667° N, 14.8053° W
17 m
Africa/Dakar
15,000
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Senegal)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Koungheul happened in February (8 of 14 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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