M'Bour or Mbour ( ar, مبور; Wolof: ''Mbuur''), is a city in the

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 ...

of Senegal. It lies on the

Petite Côte The Petite Côte is a stretch of coast in Senegal, running south from the Cap-Vert peninsula to the Saloum Delta, near the border with the Gambia. The northern section near Dakar contains seaside resorts such as Saly Portudal, Rufisque, Nianing a ...

, approximately eighty kilometers south of Dakar. It is home to a population of nearly 233,000 (2013 census). The city's major industries are tourism, fishing and peanut processing. M'Bour is a tourist destination. It is situated on the "Little Coast" and connected to Dakar via the N1 road. It is noteworthy for the orphanage and nursery for children run by the international NGO Vivre Ensemble, and for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Senegal. 140 migrants drowned on October 29,

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when a boat from M'Bour that was bound for the

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capsized near

Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint Louis or Saint-Louis ( wo, Ndar), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 km north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially ...

Notable residents or natives

* Viviane N'Dour, Singer * Youssou Diagne, Politician * Ibrahima Niane, Footballer

Gallery

Image:Gettingfish.jpg, Port of M'Bour in Senegal Image:M'bour harbor.jpeg, Port of M'Bour, Senegal Image:Streetsmbour2.jpg, Streets near the port of M'Bour, Senegal

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Populated places in Thiès Region Communes of Senegal {{Senegal-geo-stub

Notable residents or natives

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