Tambacounda 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 making up the

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 ...

. It formerly covered an area of 20,328 km² and in 2013 had an estimated population of 283,769. However in 2005 it was reduced in size to create the new Koumpentoum Department. The department has one only urban commune, that of

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 ...

. The rest of the department is divided into three arrondissements, which in turn are divided into rural districts (''communautés rurales''): *Koussanar Arrondissement: ** Koussanar ** Sinthiou Malème *Makacolibantang Arrondissement: ** Makacolibantang ** Niani Toucouleur ** Ndoga Babacar *Missirah Arrondissement: ** Dialacoto ** Missirah ** Néttéboulou

Historic Sites Historic sites

* Railway Station and Railway Hotel in Tambacounda * The building housing the Prefecture in Tambacounda * Tata (fortification) of Maba at Ndoungoussine * Wells and historic remains at Ndoungoussine * Megalithic site at Thiékène Boussoura * Megalithic site at Kodiam * Megalithic site at Saré Diouldé * Megalithic site at Saré Sékourou

References

Departments of Senegal Tambacounda Region {{Senegal-geo-stub