The Communes of Senegal are the fourth-level administrative divisions in

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

(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.

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Dakar Region Dakar Region (french: link=no, Région de Dakar) is the smallest and most populated Region of Senegal, encompassing the capital city of the country, Dakar, and all its suburbs along the Cap–Vert Peninsula, Africa's most westerly point. Adminis ...

Dakar Department Dakar Department is one of the Departments of Senegal, located in the Dakar Region. The department of Dakar is one of the four departments of the Dakar region, which is one of the 14 regions of Senegal. The Dakar region encompasses the city of ...

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

(19 communes d'arrondissement)

Guédiawaye Department Guédiawaye Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four making up Dakar Region on the Cap-Vert Cap-Vert, or the Cape Verde Peninsula, is a peninsula in Senegal and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa ...

* Guediawaye (5 communes d'arrondissement)

Pikine Department Pikine Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up Dakar Region. Its capital is Pikine. The department is divided into 3 arrondissements, each subdivided into ''communes de arrondissement'': * Dagoudane A ...

Pikine Pikine is a city in the Pikine Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying to the east of Dakar city centre, at the 2013 Census it had a population of 1,170,791. The department includes the villages of Yeumbeul, Thiaroye, Mbao, and Keur ...

(16 communes d'arrondissement)

Rufisque Department Rufisque Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up the Dakar Region. There are six urban communes within the department: Bargny, Senegal, Bargny, Sébikotane, Diamniadio, Jaxaay-Parcelle-Niakoul Rap, Sa ...

Rufisque Rufisque ( ar, روفيسك; Wolof: Tëngeéj) is a city in the Dakar region of western Senegal, at the base of the Cap-Vert Peninsula. It has a population of 179,797 (2002 census). In the past it was an important port city in its own right, but ...

(3 communes d'arrondissement) * Bargny *

Diamniadio Diamniadio is a town in Senegal. History Diamniadio is a part of the collective development program of the government of Senegal under the leadership of President Macky Sall to revitalize Senegal's economy. The development of the new city is ta ...

* Sébikhotane * Jaxaay-Parcelle-Niakoul Rap * Sangalkam *

Sendou Bargny (also, Bargny-Gouddau and Bargny Gouddou) is a settlement in Senegal. It is located in a somewhat sheltered bay about 15 km to the east of the capital, Dakar. Environment The community has a number of severe environmental threats, ...

Diourbel Region The Diourbel Region ( Serer and Cangin: ''Jurbel'') is a region of Senegal. The regional capital is the city of Diourbel. The region corresponds roughly to the precolonial Kingdom of Bawol and is still called by that name. Bawol (or ''Baol'' ...

Bambey Department Bambey Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three making up the Diourbel Region. Its capital and the only commune in the department is Bambey. The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') are: * Baba Garage Arro ...

* Bambey

Diourbel Department Diourbel Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three constituting the Diourbel Region. There is one commune in the department, which is Diourbel. The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') are: * Ndindy Arrondisse ...

Diourbel Diourbel ( ar, ديوربل; Serer: ''Jurbel'', Wolof: ''Njaaréem'') is a town in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region. The population in 2013 was 1 ...

Mbacké Department Mbacké Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three constituting the Diourbel Region. The capital of the department is the only commune, Mbacké. The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') are: * Kael Arrondiss ...

Mbacké Mbacké (Mbàkke in Wolof) is a city in central Senegal, located east of Dakar. It is the capital of an administrative department in the Diourbel region. Along with the nearby city of Touba, Mbacké forms an urban conurbation whose population c ...

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.

Fatick Department Fatick Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three departments making up the Fatick Region, and lies on the road between Mbour and Kaolack. The Fatick region is home to many Sereer people; the Sereers are one of the major ...

Diakhao Diakhao ( Serer proper : Jaxaaw) is a commune in the Fatick Region in the west of Senegal. History Diakhao was the last capital of the pre-colonial Serer Kingdom of Sine. It has several sites classified as historical monuments. It houses the t ...

Diofior Diofior (or Dioffior) is a commune in Fatick Department in Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof ...

Fatick Fatick ( wo, Fatik, srr, Fatik) is a town in Senegal, located between M'bour and Kaolack and inhabited by the Serer people. Its 2005 population was estimated at 24,243. It is the capital of the Fatick Region and the Fatick Department. Toponymy ...

Foundiougne Department Foundiougne Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Fatick Region. Economy Foundiougne is a main hub on the Sine-Saloum river in the Fatick Region of Senegal. It is a popular launch pad for eco-tours to see the abundant m ...

Foundiougne Foundiougne Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Fatick Region. Economy Foundiougne is a main hub on the Sine-Saloum river in the Fatick Region of Senegal. It is a popular launch pad for eco-tours to see the abundant m ...

Karang Poste Gunung Karang (translations could refer to either "craggy mountain" or "coral mountain" in the Indonesian language) is a volcano at the westernmost end of Banten, Indonesia. See also *List of Ultras of Malay Archipelago This is a list of ul ...

Passy Passy () is an area of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is home to many of the city's wealthiest residents. Passy was a commune on the outskirts of Paris. In 1658, hot springs were discovered around whic ...

Sokone Sokone is a town in the Fatick Region of central Senegal. Sokone is a tranquil town on the south-eastern Sine-Saloum Delta amid the mangroves. It is located on the N5 road from Kaolack to Banjul, 50 km south of Kaolack and 66 km north ...

* Soum

Gossas Department Gossas Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Fatick Region on the west coast. Administrative divisions Within the department lies one commune, the town of Gossas. The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise: ...

Gossas Gossas is a town in Fatick Region in western Senegal, about 90 km from the capital. Transport The town is served by a station on the Dakar-Niger Railway. See also * Transport in Senegal * Railway stations in Senegal List of Railw ...

Kaffrine Region Kaffrine Region is a region of Senegal. It was created in 2008. Departments Kaffrine Region has four departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Governme ...

Birkilane Department Birkilane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and is located in the Kaffrine Region. It was created as part of the new region in 2008. Administrative divisions The principal settlement is the commune of Birkilane. The rural distr ...

* Birkilane

Kaffrine Department Kaffrine Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and is located in the Kaffrine Region, formerly part of the Kaolack Region. The main settlements are the communes of Kaffrine and Nganda Nganda is a small town and urban commune of t ...

Kaffrine Kaffrine (Wolof: Kafrin) is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal. Agriculture Kaffrine lies in Senegal's Peanut Basin. Peanuts are the second most common crop for the people of Kaffrine, only behind Millet. Both crops are grown by o ...

* Nganda

Koungheul Department Koungheul is the name of one of 45 departments of Senegal, as well as the name of Koungheul Arrondissement and the commune of Koungheul, the principal settlement of the department. In 2006, the new Koungheul Department was created as a division o ...

Koungheul Koungheul is a commune in central Senegal in the department of the same name. It lies in the region of Kaffrine and is situated between the towns of Kaolack and Tambacounda. There are about 15,000 inhabitants, most of whom are Wolof people. Tra ...

Malem Hodar Department

Malem-Hodar Malem Hodar is a town (''commune rurale'') in Senegal. It is the principal municipality and administrative centre of the Malem Hodar Department of the Kaffrine Region. A decree of 1972 led to the creation of rural communities (''communautés rural ...

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 '' ...

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 th ...

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 ...

* Mboss Soum * Fass Soum

Kaolack Department Kaolack Département is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the Region of Koalack. It contains five communes: Gandiaye, Kahone, Kaolack, Ndoffane and Sibassor. Rural districts (''Communautés rurales'') comprise: *Arrondissemen ...

* Gandiaye *

Kahone Kahone or Kawon is a town and commune near Kaolack, Senegal. It is primarily agricultural, but it is participating in industrial development plans. Also, the town is pursuing increased tourism based on its ancient Serer culture. Kahone is the ...

Kaolack Kaolack ( ar, كاولاك; wo, Kawlax) is a town of 172,305 people (2002 census) on the north bank of the Saloum River and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south. Kaolack is an ...

* Ndoffane * Sibassor Soum

Nioro du Rip Department Nioro du Rip Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the region of Kaolack Region, Kaolack. The principal settlement is the commune of Nioro du Rip. Rural districts (''Communautés rurales'') comprise: *Médina Sabakh Arro ...

Nioro du Rip Nioro du Rip is a city in the south-west of Sénégal, situated about to the south-west of Kaolack and is from the border with The Gambia. History The town of Nioro du Rip was the capital of Rip (a kingdom of the marabout leader Maba Diakhou ...

* Keur Madiabel Soum

Kédougou Region Kédougou Region is a region of Senegal. It was created in 2008. Formerly it was a department in the Region of Tambacounda. Kedougou has a number of ecotourism Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving responsible travel (using sustainable tra ...

Kédougou Department Kédougou Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the Kédougou Region, formerly part of the Tambacounda Region. The chief settlement and only commune is Kédougou Kédougou ( Wolof: Keédugu) is a town in the Kédougou ...

Kédougou Kédougou (Wolof: Keédugu) is a town in the Kédougou Region of south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea. It lies at an elevation of above sea level. Founded in the early 20th century by the Malinké people, Kédougou means ...

Salémata Department Salémata Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the Kédougou Region Kédougou Region is a region of Senegal. It was created in 2008. Formerly it was a department in the Region of Tambacounda. Kedougou has a number o ...

* Salémata

Saraya Department Saraya Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal The 14 regions of Senegal are subdivided into 46 departments and 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function) and by ''collectivités locales'' (the 14 ''régions ...

* Saraya

Kolda Region Kolda is a region of Senegal (regional capitals have the same name as their respective regions). The region is also referred to historically and popularly as Haute Casamance. It's one of the 14 regions of the country and is located in the South ...

Kolda Department Kolda Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the Kolda Region in the centre of the country. Administration The capital settlement of Kolda Department is Kolda. The communes are: Kolda, Dabo is a Japanese hip-hop ra ...

Kolda Kolda ( ar, كولدا; Wolof: Koldaa) is a city located in southern Senegal. It is the capital city of Kolda Region and Kolda Department, a region known historically and popularly as Haute Casamance. History The name Kolda derives from the nam ...

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Soum * Salikégné

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Soum

Médina Yoro Foulah Department

* Médina Yoro Foulah *

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Vélingara Department

Vélingara Vélingara is a town located in the Kolda Region of Senegal. It is slightly north of the large 48 km Vélingara crater though the structure's impact origin is still unconfirmed.S. Wade, M. Barbieri, J. Lichtenegger (2001The Velingara Circular S ...

* Kounkané * Diaobé-Kabendou

Louga Region Louga is a city and region of Senegal. The region is located to the northwest part of the country and Louga, Louga city is in the northwest of the region - about 50 km inland from the Atlantic coast. Departments Louga region is divided into ...

Kébémer Department Kébémer Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three which make up the Louga Region. The only commune in the department is Kébémer Kébémer is a town with commune status in Louga Region in north-west Senegal, l ...

Kébémer Kébémer is a town with commune status in Louga Region in north-west Senegal, lying midway between Thiès and Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saint-Louis. It is the chief settlement, with a population of nearly 20,000 in 2013, of the department of the Kéb ...

* Guéoul

Linguère Department

Dahra Dahra (also Dahra Djoloff or Dara) is a town of commune status located in the Louga Region of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially ...

Linguère Linguère (or Lingeer in SererKlein, Martin A. "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914." Edinburgh University Press (1968) pp 11-15 & 262 and Wolof) is a town located in the Linguère Department, Louga Region of Senegal. ...

* Mbeuleukhé

Louga Department Louga Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three which comprise the Louga Region. The chief settlement is Louga Louga ( ar, لوجا; Wolof: Luga) is a town in northwestern Senegal. Louga is a cattle market cen ...

Louga Louga ( ar, لوجا; Wolof: Luga) is a town in northwestern Senegal. Louga is a cattle market centre, and has road and rail links with the port city of Saint-Louis to the northwest and Dakar to the southwest. The area surrounding Louga is a ...

* Ndiagne

Matam Region Matam is a region of Senegal (regional capitals have the same name as their respective regions). It is a stark, flat, arid place bounded on the north by the Sénégal River and the south by the Sahelian plain studded with baobab trees. Matam i ...

Kanel Department Kanel Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the Matam Region in the east of the country. The department has six communes; Kanel Kanel ( Hassaniya Arabic: ) is a town in the Matam Region of northeastern Senegal. It is th ...

* Dembakané * Hamady Hounaré *

Kanel Kanel ( Hassaniya Arabic: ) is a town in the Matam Region of northeastern Senegal. It is the capital of the Kanel Department. The population in 2012 was 13,331, an increase from the 8,997 counted in 2002. The town received commune status in 1996 ...

* Semmé * Sinthiou Bamambé-Banadji * Waounde * Odobere

Matam Department Matam Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three in the Matam Region in the north-east of the country. The department has four communes: Matam, Ourossogui, Thilogne Thilogne is a small town in north-east Senegal with t ...

* Matam *

Ourossogui Ouro Sogui or Ourossogui lies in Matam Region in eastern Senegal on the N2 and N3 roads, just south west of Matam on the River Senegal. It is an important market town and transport hub A transport hub is a place where passengers and c ...

Thilogne Thilogne is a small town in north-east Senegal with the status of a commune. It lies in the Matam Department of Matam Region, from Kaédi, Mauretania and connected to Dakar via the N2 road. In 2013 Thilogne had a population of just over 10,000 ...

* Nguidilogne

Ranérou Ferlo Department

Ranérou Ranérou is a small town with commune status in north-east Senegal. It is the chief settlement of Ranérou-Ferlo Department in Matam Region and is connected to Dakar and Touba Touba (Hassaniya Arabic: , 'Felicity'; Wolof: Tuubaa) is a city i ...

Saint-Louis Region The Saint-Louis Region () of Senegal is on the border with Mauritania. Its capital is Saint-Louis. Famous for the cast iron bridge in its capital, built by French colonialists in the 19th century, the region includes the Djoudj National Bird ...

Dagana Department

* Dagana * Gaé *

Richard Toll Richard Toll is a town in northern Senegal, lying on the south bank of the River Senegal, just east of Rosso. Originally a colonial town, it was named for the park of the Château de Baron Roger, laid out by botanist Jean Michel Claude Richard. ...

Ross Béthio Ross Béthio is a town of commune status in the Dagana Department in Saint-Louis Region of Senegal. The population in 2013 was 11,588. The town lies on the N2 road connecting it to Saint-Louis and Dakar to the west and Richard Toll to the e ...

Rosso Rosso is the major city of south-western Mauritania and capital of Trarza region. It is situated on the Senegal River at the head of the river zone allowing year-round navigation. The town is 204 km south of the capital Nouakchott. The ...

* N'Dombo Sandjiry

Podor Department

* Aéré Lao * Bodé Lao * Démette * Galoya Toucouleur * Golléré * Guédé * Mboumba * Niandane * Ndioum * Pété *

Podor Podor (Wolof: Podoor) is the northernmost town in Senegal, lying on Morfil Island between the Sénégal River and Doué River on the border with Mauritania. It was the location of the ancient state Takrur. It is home to a ruined French colonial ...

* * Walaldé

Saint-Louis Department Saint-Louis Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the Saint-Louis Region The Saint-Louis Region () of Senegal is on the border with Mauritania. Its capital is Saint-Louis. Famous for the cast iron bridge in its capit ...

* Saint-Louis * Mpal

Sédhiou Region

Bounkiling Department Bounkiling Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal The 14 regions of Senegal are subdivided into 46 departments and 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function) and by ''collectivités locales'' (the 14 ''rég ...

* Bounkiling * Madina Wandifa * N'Diamacouta

Goudomp Department

* Diattacounda * Goudomp * Samine * Tanaff

Sédhiou Department Sédhiou Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of three making up the Sédhiou Region, formerly part of the Kolda Region. The department has three communes: Diannah Malary, Marsassoum and Sédhiou The rural districts (''com ...

* Diannah Malary * Marsassoum *

Sédhiou Sédhiou (Wolof: Seéju) is a town of Senegal, in Casamance area, nearby the Casamance river, with a population of 24,213 in 2013. It is the capital of the Sédhiou Region. History The main historical culture of Sédhiou came from the Mandinka pe ...

Tambacounda Region Tambacounda, formerly known as ''Sénégal Oriental'', is a region of Senegal. It used to be part of the Mali Empire before the borders were created to separate Mali from Senegal. Tambacounda is physically the largest of Senegal's 14 regions, but ...

Bakel Department Bakel Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four making up the Tambacounda Region in the east of the country. The department had an area of 22,378 km² and population estimate at 215,680 in 2005. However, in 2008 t ...

* Bakel * Diawara *

Kidira Kidira is a town and commune in Tambacounda Region of eastern Senegal, lying near the Malian border. Its population in 2013 was about 10,000. Transport It is an important transport hub and lies on the N1 and N2 roads, the Dakar – Bamako ...

Goudiry Department

Goudiry Goudiry is the chief town and commune of the department of Goudiry in the region of Tambacounda in the east of Senegal. The town itself has a population of approximately 7000. Transport It lies on the N1 road linking the capital Dakar to Mal ...

* Kothiary Diattacounda

Koumpentoum Department

Koumpentoum Koumpentoum is a town and commune in the Tambacounda Region of central Senegal. In 2013 it had a population of some 10,000 Transport It is served by a station on the national railway network. See also * Railway stations in Senegal List of R ...

* Malem Niani

Tambacounda Department Tambacounda Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the four making up the Tambacounda Region. It formerly covered an area of 20,328 km² and in 2013 had an estimated population of 283,769. However in 2005 it was reduce ...

Tambacounda Tambacounda ( ar, تامباكوندا; Wolof: Tambaakundaa ) is the largest city in eastern Senegal, southeast of Dakar, and is the regional capital of the province of the same name. Its estimated population in 2007 was 78,800. Geography Tamb ...

Thiès Region Thiès is a region of western Senegal. The capital is also called Thiès. Geography Thiès has two coastlines, one in the north with the Grande Côte housing the Niayes vegetable market, one to the south with the Petite Côte, one of the tourist ...

M'bour Department

Joal-Fadiouth Joal-Fadiouth is a town and commune in the Thiès Region at the end of the Petite Côte of Senegal, south-east of Dakar. ''Joal'' lies on the mainland, while ''Fadiouth'', linked by a bridge, lies on an island of clam shells, which are also use ...

M'Bour M'Bour or Mbour ( ar, مبور; Wolof: ''Mbuur''), is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite Côte, approximately eighty kilometers south of Dakar. It is home to a population of nearly 233,000 (2013 census). The city's m ...

* Ngaparou * Nguékhokh *

Popenguine-Ndayane Popenguine-Ndayane is a small village on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Senegal, located 70 km south of Dakar, on the Petite Côte, in the department of M'Bour in the region of Thiès Region. Since 2008, it brings together two localiti ...

Diattacounda *

Saly Saly (also called Sali or Saly Portudal) is a seaside resort area in Thiès Region on the Petite Côte of Senegal, south of Dakar. It is the top tourist destination in all of West Africa and has the status of a commune. History Saly was original ...

* Somone Diattacounda * Thiadiaye

Thiès Department Thiès Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three located in the Thiès Region. There are 4 urban communes in the department: Kayar, Khombole, Pout and Thiès Thiès (; ar, ثيس, Ṯyass; Noon: ''Chess'') is the t ...

Thiès Thiès (; ar, ثيس, Ṯyass; Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-L ...

(3 communes d'arrondissement) *

Kayar ''Kayar'' (English: ''Coir'') is a 1978 Malayalam epic novel written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. Widely considered one of the most seminal works in Malayalam literature, ''Kayar'' received many major literary awards, including the Vayalar ...

Diattacounda *

Khombole Khombole is a town in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It is in the Thiès Department Thiès Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three located in the Thiès Region. There are 4 urban communes in the department: Kayar, K ...

* Pout

Tivaouane Department Tivaouane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane. The department has three urban communes: Mboro, Meckhe and Tivaouane. The rural districts (''communautés rural ...

* Mboro * Meckhe *

Tivaouane Tivaouane or Tivawan ( wo, Tiwaawan; french: Tivaouane) is a city located in the Thiès Region of Senegal. History Tivaouane was part of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor, and was at one time its capital. It was first described to Europeans in the 15th ...

Ziguinchor Region Ziguinchor is a region of Senegal (regional capitals have the same name as their respective regions). The region is also referred to historically and popularly as Basse Casamance , settlement_type = Geographical region , image_skylin ...

Bignona Department Bignona Department is one of the three departments in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal. Districts Within the department are three urban communes: Bignona, Thionck Essyl and Diouloulou The rest of the department is divided administratively i ...

Bignona Bignona is a town with commune status located in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal (Casamance). It briefly appears in the movie ''Binta and the Great Idea.'' Its population on 2013 was 27,826. Notable people *Landing Savané, politician *Ibrahi ...

* Diouloulou *

Thionck Essyl Thionck Essyl (also called Tionk Essil) is a town in Ziguinchor, Senegal, located 65 km north-west of the region capital. Etymology The name of the town means "cook remaining crouched." History The origins of the town are connected to the ...

Oussouye Department Oussouye Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Ziguinchor Region. It's situated in Basse Casamance, on the right bank of the mouth of the Casamance River. Administration Oussouye is its main village, which is also the on ...

Oussouye Oussouye (or Husuy in JolaWilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.) is an urban commune in the Ous ...

Ziguinchor Department Ziguinchor Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of three located in the Ziguinchor Region in the south-west of the country. The department has a single urban commune, that of Ziguinchor The department is also divided administ ...

Ziguinchor Ziguinchor (; wo, Siggcoor ; ar, زيغينكور) is the capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River. It has a population of over 230,000 (2007 estimate). It ...

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