Pikine 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'', 110 ''communes'', and 320 ''communautés rurales'') which ...
and one of the four which make up
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 ...
. Its capital is
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 Ke ...
.
The department is divided into 3 arrondissements, each subdivided into ''communes de arrondissement'':
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Dagoudane Arrondissement:
** Dalifort
** Djidah Thiaroye Kaw
** Guinaw Rail Nord
** Guinaw Rail Sud
** Pikine Est
** Pikine Nord
** Pikine Ouest
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Niayes Arrondissement
Niayes Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Pikine Department in the Dakar Region of Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') official ...
:
** Keur Massar
** Malika
** Yeumbeul Nord
** Yeumbeul Sud
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Thiaroye Arrondissement
** Diamaguène Sicap Mbao
** Thiaroye-Gare
** Thiaroye-sur-Mer
** Thiaroye-Diaksao
** Thiaroye-Mbao
;Population
In the census of 2002 the population of the department was recorded at 768,826. In 2005 it was estimated at 834,246.
;Historic sites
* Military Cemetery at Thiaroye
References
Departments of Senegal
Dakar Region
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