title: Sinthiang Koundara
text: # Sinthiang Koundara
  
  Sinthiang Koundara (or Sinthiang Coundara) is a rural community of Bonconto Arrondissement in the Vélingara Department, Kolda Region, Senegal.
  
  Sinthiang Koundara commune includes the village of Nadjaf Al Ashraf, a village founded by Shi'i religious leader Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara, founder of the international NGO Mozdahir
  