The departments of Senegal are subdivided into

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s. As of 2008 there were 133. The arrondissements are listed below, by department:

Bakel

* Bélé Arrondissement * Kéniaba Arrondissement * Moudéry Arrondissement

Bambey

* Baba Garage Arrondissement * Lambaye Arrondissement * Ngoye Arrondissement

Bignona

* Kataba Arrondissement * Sindian Arrondissement * Tendouck Arrondissement * Tenghori Arrondissement

Birkilane

* Keur Mboucki Arrondissement * Mabo Arrondissement

Bounkiling

* Boghal Arrondissement * Bona Arrondissement * Diaroumé Arrondissement

Dagana

* Arrondissement of Mbane * Arrondissement of Ndiaye

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 ...

* Almadies Arrondissement - divided into 4 communes d'arrondissement. * Grand Dakar Arrondissement - divided into 6 communes d'arrondissement * Parcelles Assainies Arrondissement - divided into 4 communes d'arrondissement * Plateau/Gorée Arrondissement - divided into 5 communes d'arrondissement

Diourbel

* Ndindy Arrondissement * Ndoulo Arrondissement

Fatick

Diakhao Arrondissement Diakhao Arrondissement ( Serer proper : Jaxaaw) is an arrondissement of the Fatick Department in the Fatick Region of Senegal. Its capital is Diakhao. Subdivisions The arrondissement is divided administratively into rural communities and in tur ...

* Fimela Arrondissement * Naikhar Arrondissement * Tattaguine Arrondissement

Foundiougne

* Djilor Arrondissement * Niodior Arrondissement * Toubacouta Arrondissement

Gossas Gossas is a town in Fatick Region in western Senegal, about 90 km from the capital. Transport The town is served by a station on the Dakar-Niger Railway. See also * Transport in Senegal * Railway stations in Senegal List of Railw ...

* Colobane Arrondissement * Ouadiour Arrondissement

Goudiry Goudiry is the chief town and commune of the department of Goudiry in the region of Tambacounda in the east of Senegal. The town itself has a population of approximately 7000. Transport It lies on the N1 road linking the capital Dakar to Mal ...

* Bala Arrondissement * Boynguel Bamba Arrondissement * Dianké Makha Arrondissement * Koulor Arrondissement

Guédiawaye

* Guédiawaye Arrondissement - divided into 5 communes d'arrondissement.

Goudomp

* Djibanar Arrondissement * Simbandi Brassou Arrondissement * Karantaba Arrondissement

Guinguinéo Guinguinéo is a township in Kaolack Region in the center of Senegal, situated 22 km to the northeast of Kaolack. Before 1956, Guinguinéo experienced the phenomenon of kingdoms piloted by a succession of kings of whom the most famous was Ma ...

* Mbadakhoune Arrondissement * Nguélou Arrondissement

Kaffrine Kaffrine ( Wolof: Kafrin) is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal. Agriculture Kaffrine lies in Senegal's Peanut Basin. Peanuts are the second most common crop for the people of Kaffrine, only behind Millet. Both crops are grown by ...

''Note:'' As of 2006, Koungheul and the eastern section was removed from Kaffrine Department to form Koungheul Department. In 2008, Kaffrine became a

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in its own right, while Birkelene, Koungheul and Malem Hodar became departments within the new Region. * Gniby Arrondissement * Katakel Arrondissement

Kanel Kanel (Hassaniya Arabic: ) is a town in the Matam Region of northeastern Senegal. It is the capital of the Kanel Department. The population in 2012 was 13,331, an increase from the 8,997 counted in 2002. The town received commune status in 1996. ...

* Orkadiere Arrondissement * Wouro Sidy Arrondissement

Kaolack Kaolack ( ar, كاولاك; wo, Kawlax) is a town of 172,305 people (2002 census) on the north bank of the Saloum River and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south. Kaolack is an i ...

* Koumbal Arrondissement * Ndiedieng Arrondissement * Ngothie Arrondissement

Kébémer Kébémer is a town with commune status in Louga Region in north-west Senegal, lying midway between Thiès and Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saint-Louis. It is the chief settlement, with a population of nearly 20,000 in 2013, of the department of the Kéb ...

* Darou Mousti Arrondissement * Ndande Arrondissement * Sagata Arrondissement

Kédougou Kédougou ( Wolof: Keédugu) is a town in the Kédougou Region of south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea. It lies at an elevation of above sea level. Founded in the early 20th century by the Malinké people, Kédougou means ...

* Bandafassi Arrondissement * Fongolimbi Arrondissement

Kolda Kolda ( ar, كولدا; Wolof: Koldaa) is a city located in southern Senegal. It is the capital city of Kolda Region and Kolda Department, a region known historically and popularly as Haute Casamance. History The name Kolda derives from the na ...

* Djoulacolon Arrondissement * Mampatim Arrondissement * Saré Bidji Arrondissement

Koumpentoum Koumpentoum is a town and commune in the Tambacounda Region of central Senegal. In 2013 it had a population of some 10,000 Transport It is served by a station on the national railway network. See also * Railway stations in Senegal List of R ...

* Bamba Thialène Arrondissement * Kouthiaba Wolof Arrondissement

Koungheul Koungheul is a commune in central Senegal in the department of the same name. It lies in the region of Kaffrine and is situated between the towns of Kaolack and Tambacounda. There are about 15,000 inhabitants, most of whom are Wolof people. Tra ...

* Ida Mouride Arrondissement * Lour Escale Arrondissement * Missirah Wadene Arrondissement

Linguère

* Barkedji Arrondissement * Dodji Arrondissement * Sagatta Dioloff Arrondissement * Yang-Yang Arrondissement

Louga

* Keur Momar Sarr Arrondissement * Koki Arrondissement *

Mbédiène Arrondissement Mbediene Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Louga Department in the Louga Region of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially ...

* Sakal Arrondissement

M'bour M'Bour or Mbour ( ar, مبور; Wolof: ''Mbuur''), is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite Côte, approximately eighty kilometers south of Dakar. It is home to a population of nearly 233,000 (2013 census). The city's ma ...

* Fissel Arrondissement * Séssène Arrondissement * Sindia Arrondissement

Malem Hodar

* Darou Minam Arrondissement * Sagna Arrondissement

Matam

* Agnam Civol Arrondissement * Ogo Arrondissement

Mbacké Mbacké (Mbàkke in Wolof) is a city in central Senegal, located east of Dakar. It is the capital of an administrative department in the Diourbel region. Along with the nearby city of Touba, Mbacké forms an urban conurbation whose population ...

* Kael Arrondissement * Ndame Arrondissement * Taïf Arrondissement

Médina Yoro Foulah

* Fafacourou Arrondissement * Ndorna Arrondissement * Niaming Arrondissement

Nioro du Rip Nioro du Rip is a city in the south-west of Sénégal, situated about to the south-west of Kaolack and is from the border with The Gambia. History The town of Nioro du Rip was the capital of Rip (a kingdom of the marabout leader Maba Diakhou ...

* Medina Sabakh Arrondissement * Paoskoto Arrondissement * Wack Ngouna Arrondissement

Oussouye Oussouye (or Husuy in JolaWilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.) is an urban commune in the Ous ...

Cabrousse Arrondissement Cabrousse Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Oussouye Department in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') ...

Loudia Ouolof Arrondissement Loudia Ouolof Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Oussouye Department in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal ...

Pikine

* Dagoudane Arrondissement - divided into 7 communes d'arrondissement * Niayes Arrondissement - divided into 4 communes d'arrondissement * Thiaroye Arrondissement - divided into 5 communes d'arrondissement

Podor Podor ( Wolof: Podoor) is the northernmost town in Senegal, lying on Morfil Island between the Sénégal River and Doué River on the border with Mauritania. It was the location of the ancient state Takrur. It is home to a ruined French colonial ...

* Cas-Cas Arrondissement * Gamadji Saré Arrondissement * Salde Arrondissement * Thille Boubacar Arrondissement

Ranérou Ferlo

* Vélingara Arrondissement

Rufisque

* Rufisque Arrondissement - includes 3 communes d'arrondissement * Sebikotane Arrondissement

Saint-Louis

* Rao Arrondissement

Salemata

* Dakateli Arrondissement * Dar Salam Arrondissement

Saraya

* Bembou Arrondissement * Sabodala Arrondissement

Sédhiou Sédhiou (Wolof: Seéju) is a town of Senegal, in Casamance area, nearby the Casamance river, with a population of 24,213 in 2013. It is the capital of the Sédhiou Region. History The main historical culture of Sédhiou came from the Mandinka pe ...

* Diende Arrondissement * Djibabouya Arrondissement * Djiredji Arrondissement

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 Tam ...

* Koussanar Arrondissement * Makacolibantang Arrondissement * Missirah Arrondissement

Thiès

* Keur Moussa Arrondissement * Notto Arrondissement * Thiénaba Arrondissement * Thiès Nord Arrondissement - a commune d'arrondissement * Thiès Sud Arrondissement - divided into 2 communes d'arrondissement

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 ...

* Meouane Arrondissement * Merina Dakhar Arrondissement * Niakhene Arrondissement *

Pambal Arrondissement Pambal Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Tivaouane Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') offici ...

Vélingara

* Bonconto Arrondissement * Pakour Arrondissement * Saré Coly Sallé Arrondissement

Ziguinchor

* Niaguis Arrondissement * Nyassia Arrondissement

References

List of administrative divisions in Senegal''Collectivités locales'' from Republic of Senegal Government site, ''l'Agence de l'informatique de l'État (ADIE)''
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* ttp://www.demarches.gouv.sn/collectivites-locales/pdf/decret-territoire.pdf Décret fixant le ressort territorial et le chef lieu des régions et des départements, décret n°2002-166 du 21 février 2002.
Code des collectivités locales
, Loi n° 96-06 du 22 mars 1996.

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