Bambey 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 ...

, one of the three making up the

Diourbel Region The Diourbel Region ( Serer and Cangin: ''Jurbel'') is a region of Senegal. The regional capital is the city of Diourbel. The region corresponds roughly to the precolonial Kingdom of Bawol and is still called by that name. Bawol (or ''Baol'' ...

. Its capital and the only commune in the department is Bambey. Bambey arrondissements

The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') are: * Baba Garage Arrondissement: ** ** ** *

Lambaye Arrondissement Lambaye Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Bambey Department in the Diourbel Region of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officiall ...

: ** ** ** ** * Ngoye Arrondissement: ** ** ** ** ;Historic sites * Tumulus of Lambaye (sites of the teignes (moths?)) * Tène-Mbambey, battlefield at Mbambey Sérère * Gouye Ndeung, baobab tree on the site of the Battle of Sanghay at Lambaye * Battlefield at Sanghay-Mbol * Site of battle of Ndiarème, near Sindiane * Mausoleum of

Cheikh Anta Diop Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. Diop's work is considered foundational to the the ...

at Thieytou, Dinguiraye * Tumulus of Pouniar, Lambaye Arrondissement * Tumulus of Gallo Peye, Ndangalma * Tumulus of Peul Lamassas, Ndangalma

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