Pout is a town with commune status in
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 ...
in
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 tour ...
of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
. Its population in 2013 was 23,728.
[ ] It stands on the side of the
N2 road, giving easy access to the large towns of
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...
and
Saint-Louis.
The town, in an area traditionally peopled by
Sereer
The Serer people are a West African ethnoreligious group. , has developed rapidly as a result of
industrialisation. It was made a ''commune de ville'' in 1990.
Surrounded by forest, it is also a vegetable and fruit growing area where mangos, mandarins and oranges are produced. The industrial activity includes agricultural machine fabrication, salt and cement production and the export offruit and vegetables.
References
* Partly based on the article in French Wikipedia
Populated places in Thiès Region
Communes of Senegal
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