Diourbel ( ar, ديوربل;
Serer: ''Jurbel'',
Wolof
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* Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
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: ''Njaaréem'') is a town in
Senegal
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lying east of
Thiès
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. It is known for its
mosque
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and local
groundnut
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industry and is the capital of the
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'' ...
. The population in 2013 was 133,705.
Transport
Diourbel lies on the
N3 road linking it to
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 ...
and is also served by a junction station on the
Dakar-Niger Railway. Both the railway and the N3 cross the
River Sine in the town.
Twin towns – sister cities
Diourbel is
twinned with:
*
Avignon
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, France
Notable people
Serigne Abdou Ahad Mbacké
Serigne Abdou Ahad Mbacké (Serigne Abdul Ahad Mbacke; Wolof: Sëriñ Abdul Ahad Mbàkke; 1914-1989) was a Senegalese religious leader. He served as the third Caliph of the Mouride brotherhood, a large Sufi order based in Senegal, from 1968 until ...
, the third
Mouride
The Mouride brotherhood ( wo, yoonu murit, ar, الطريقة المريدية ''aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyyah'' or simply , ''al-Murīdiyyah'') is a large ''tariqa'' ( Sufi order) most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia with headquarters in ...
caliph, was born in 1914 in Diourbel.
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
Diourbel Region
Regional capitals in Senegal
Populated places in Diourbel Region
Communes of Senegal
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