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Guinguinéo
Guinguinéo is a township in Kaolack Region in the center of Senegal, situated 22 km to the northeast of Kaolack. Before 1956, Guinguinéo experienced the phenomenon of kingdoms piloted by a succession of kings of whom the most famous was Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof (French: Fodé Diouf). Guinguinéo became a commune in 1956 and a full municipality in 1960. The first mayor was Doctor Charles Ndiaye. Transport Guinguinéo is served by a station on the main line of Dakar-Niger Railway and is also the junction for the branch line to Lydiane. However people mainly use the road for their travel because of the poor state of the train system. Guinguinéo occupied for a long time a good position on the railroad in Senegal, being the second station of the rail system after Thies, which is one reason why the town delayed making an asphalted road to join it directly with the other settlements of the country. The only road joining Guinguineo to the rest of Senegal is the small road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaolack Region
The Kaolack region is a region in Senegal. It borders Gambia and is a common stopping point for travel between Dakar and Banjul. Its borders correspond roughly to the Saalum Kingdom of precolonial days, and the area is still spoken of as the ''Saalum'' in Wolof, and its inhabitants are called ''Saalum-Saalum''. Kaolack city is the administrative centre for the region. It is a port on the Saloum River. Lying in a farm area, Kaolack is a major peanut marketing and exporting center and has a large peanut oil factory. Brewing, leather tanning, cotton ginning, and fish processing are also important industries. Salt is produced from salines near the Saloum River. The city is on the railroad from Dakar to the Niger River in Mali. Kaolack is the international centre of the Ibrahimiyyah branch of the Tijaniyyah Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinguinéo Department
Guinguinéo Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of three which form the Kaolack Region. It was created by decree in 2008. The department has three communes; Guinguinéo Guinguinéo is a township in Kaolack Region in the center of Senegal, situated 22 km to the northeast of Kaolack. Before 1956, Guinguinéo experienced the phenomenon of kingdoms piloted by a succession of kings of whom the most famous was Ma ..., Fass and Mboss Districts The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') comprise: *Mbadakhoune Arrondissement: ** Khelcom Birane ** Mbadakhoune ** Ndiago ** Ngathie Naoudé *Nguélou Arrondissement: ** Gagnick ** Nguélou ** Ourour ** Dara Mboss ** Panal Wolof Departments of Senegal Kaolack Region {{Senegal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (born 6 August 1958) is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2009 to 2012. He was Minister of the Civil Service and Labour in 2005, Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic from 2005 to 2007, and Minister of State for the Maritime Economy from 2007 to 2009. A lawyer by profession, Ndiaye was a long-time member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). He is also Mayor of Guinguinéo. Political career Ndiaye was born in Kaolack in 1958 and was first elected as Mayor of Guinguinéo in 2002. He served as Spokesman of President Abdoulaye Wade and as a Special Adviser to President Wade. He was first appointed to the Senegalese government as Minister of the Civil Service, Labour, Employment, and Professional Organizations on 9 March 2005. Adama Sall was appointed to replace Ndiaye in his ministry on 8 August 2005, and Ndiaye was moved to the position of Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic. Ndiaye wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Senegal
The Communes of Senegal are the fourth-level administrative divisions in Senegal (below country, region and department). There are some 121 communes in Senegal which have urban status (''communes de ville''), apart from 46 ''communes d'arrondissement'' in the large towns and 370 rural communities (''communautés rurales'') in the countryside. History Dakar Region Dakar Department *Dakar (19 communes d'arrondissement) Guédiawaye Department * Guediawaye (5 communes d'arrondissement) Pikine Department *Pikine (16 communes d'arrondissement) Rufisque Department *Rufisque (3 communes d'arrondissement) * Bargny *Diamniadio * Sébikhotane * Jaxaay-Parcelle-Niakoul Rap * Sangalkam *Sendou Diourbel Region Bambey Department * Bambey Diourbel Department *Diourbel Mbacké Department *Mbacké Fatick Region Fatick Department *Diakhao *Diofior *Fatick Foundiougne Department *Foundiougne *Karang Poste *Passy *Sokone * Soum Gossas Department *Gossas Kaffrine Region Birkilane Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof
Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof (in Gambian English; or Fode Juuf in Serer) was the last king of Saloum. He reigned as Maad Saloum from 1935 to 1969. His royal title ''Maad Saloum'' means King of Saloum in Serer.Klein, Martin A., ''Islam and Imperialism in Senegal: Sine-Saloum, 1847-1914'', Leland Stanford Junior University ( Edinburgh University Press) (1968), p. xv, Brigaud, Félix, ''Histoire du Sénégal: Des origines aux traités de protectorat, Volume 1'', Éditions Clairafrique (1964), p. 35, 65-7Bâ, Abdou Bouri, ''Essai sur l’histoire du Saloum et du Rip'', Avant-propos par Charles Becker et Victor Martin, Publié dans le Bulletin de l' Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire, Tome 38, Série B, , (Oct 1976), His residence was at Guinguinéo.''Guid'A.O.F.: L'Afrique occidentale française cercle par cercle'', Agence de distribution de presse (1953), p. 195 Like many of the Serer kings during their medieval dynastic history, Fode was a member of the noble Joof patriclan an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydiane
Lydiane is a town in east central Senegal in Kaolack region. Transport It is the terminus of a branchline off the main Dakar-Niger Railway from Guinguinéo. See also * Railway stations in Senegal List of Railway stations in Senegal include: Maps UN Map Towns served by rail Existing * Dakar - port and national capital (0 km) * Hann - truncated terminus (3 km) * Bargny proposed deepwater port. * Rufisque - cement wo ... References Populated places in Kaolack Region {{Senegal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Senegal
List of Railway stations in Senegal include: Maps UN Map Towns served by rail Existing * Dakar - port and national capital (0 km) * Hann - truncated terminus (3 km) * Bargny proposed deepwater port. * Rufisque - cement works ---- * Kirène - cement works to be expanded in 2008. - nearest station is Thiès about 20 km away. ---- * Thiès - junction for St-Louis and Linguere; workshops * Bambey * Diourbel - junction for Touba, Mbaké * Gossas * Guinguinéo - junction for Kaolack and Lydiane ** Kaolack - provincial capital ** Lydiane - branch terminus * Kaffrine * Niahène * Koungheul * Koumpentoum * Koussanar * Tambacounda - provincial capital and proposed junction * Bala * Goudiry * Kidira - border with Mali * Nayé, Senegal - border with Mali * Kayes, Mali * Bamako, Mali - national capital - workshops ---- * Tivouane * Meckhe - ** Grande Côte - mineral sands * Louga - junction * Mpal * St-Louis * Thiès - junction for St-Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Senegal
Senegal is subdivided into 14 regions (French: ''régions'', singular''région''), each of which is administered by a ''Conseil Régional'' (pl.: ''Conseils Régionaux'') elected by population weight at the arrondissement level. Senegal is further subdivided into 45 departments, 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function) and by ''collectivités locales'' (the 14 ''regions'', 110 ''communes'', and 320 ''communautés rurales'') which elect administrative officers. from Union des ''Associations d’ Elus Locaux (UAEL) du Sénégal''. See also the law creating current local government structures Code de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the Local mean time, mean solar time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a particular time unless a context is given. The term 'GMT' is also used as Western European Time, one of the names for the time zone UTC+00:00 and, in UK law, is the basis for civil time in the United Kingdom. English speakers often use GMT as a synonym for Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). For navigation, it is considered equivalent to UT1 (the modern form of mean solar time at 0° longitude); but this meaning can differ from UTC by up to 0.9s. The term GMT should thus not be used for purposes that require precision. Because of Earth's uneven angular velocity in its elliptical orbit and its axial tilt, noon (12:00:00) GMT is rarely the exact moment the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maad Saloum
Maad Saloum (variations :Maad a Saloum, Mad Saloum, Maat Saloum, Bour Saloum, Bur Saloum, etc.) means king of Saloum, in the Serer language. The ancient Kingdom of Saloum now part of present-day Senegal was a pre-colonial Serer kingdom. Their kings bore the title ''Maad'' or ''Mad'' (also ''Maat'' though rarely used). The royal title was sometimes used interchangeably with that of their ancient kings and landed gentry - the lamanes. From 1493 to 1969 (the Guelowar period, the last maternal dynasty in Saloum), at least forty-nine kings were crowned Maad Saloum (king of Saloum). During this Guelowar period, Maad Saloum Mbegan Ndour (many variations: ''Mbégan Ndour'' or ''Mbegani Ndour'') was the first Serer king of the maternal clan Guelowar to have reigned in Saloum. He ruled from 1493.Ba, Abdou Bouri, « Essai sur l’histoire du Saloum et du Rip » (avant-propos par Charles Becker et Victor Martin), ''Bulletin de l'IFAN'', tome 38, série B, numéro 4, octobre 1976 Maad Salo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatick Region
Fatick is the southwest region of the northern outcrop of Senegal. Its alternative name is Jinnak Bolon. The region is named for its capital city, Fatick.Culture, demography, and Regional cultural center for Fatick region, Ministry of Culture, Senegal . History The area is rich with Serer ancient and . Becker, Charles, "Vestiges historiques, trémoins matériels du passé clans les pays sereer", |
