Tivaouane 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 three 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 ...

. Its capital is

Tivaouane Tivaouane or Tivawan ( wo, Tiwaawan; french: Tivaouane) is a city located in the Thiès Region of Senegal. History Tivaouane was part of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor, and was at one time its capital. It was first described to Europeans in the 15th ...

. The department has three urban communes: Mboro, Meckhe and

. The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') comprise: *Arrondissement of Mérina Dakhar: ** Mérina Dakhar ** Koul ** Pékèsse *Arrondissement of Méouane: ** Méouane ** Darou Khoudoss ** Taïba Ndiaye *Arrondissement of Niakhène: ** Niakhène ** Mbayène ** Thilmakha ** Ngandiouf *Arrondissement de Pambal ** Notto Gouye Diama ** Mont Rolland ** Pire Goureye ** Chérif Lo

Historic sites List of historic sites

* Tivaouane railway station * Building housing the Prefecture (old residence of the Commandant of the

Cayor Cayor ( wo, Kajoor; ar, كاجور) was the largest and most powerful kingdom (1549–1879) that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. Cayor was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Walo, west of the kingdom o ...

) Circle * Village of Longhor, historic and religious site * Villages of Soughère and Nguiguis, historical sites, secondary capitals of the

Damel Damel was the title of the ruler (or king) of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor in what is now northwest Senegal, West Africa. The most well-known ''damel'' is probably Lat Dior Diop (1842–1886) who died in battle during the final French drive to captu ...

s of

* Village of Mboul, historic site, capital of the Damels * Mausoleum of Khaly Madiakhaté Kala at Keur Makala, Arrondissement of Niakhène * Mosque and Zawia of El Hadji Malick Sy (first constructed in 1904) * Serigne Babacar Sy Mosque * Mosquée et Zawia of the Kounta Family of Ndiassane * Grand Mosque of Pire * Mausoleum of Khaly Amar Fall at Pire

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