page_title: Tambacounda
section_title: Sites of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Tambacounda / Sites of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Gambier River
context_page_description: Tambacounda is the largest city in eastern Senegal, 400 kilometres southeast of Dakar, and is the regional capital of the province of the same name. Its estimated population in 2007 was 78,800.
context_section_description: The Niokolo-Koba National Park lies just to the south of the town, and is famed for its wildlife.
  In 2003, the iron-framed rail station, the Hôtel de la Gare, and the colonial Préfecture building were placed on Senegal's list of Monuments historiques.
caption: Niokolo-Koba National Park