Foundiougne Department is one of the

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'') whic ...

, located in the

Fatick Region Fatick is the southwest region of the northern outcrop of Senegal. Its alternative name is Jinnak Bolon. The region is named for its capital city, Fatick.

Economy

Foundiougne Foundiougne Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Fatick Region. Economy Foundiougne is a main hub on the Sine-Saloum Sine-Saloum is a region in Senegal located north of the Gambia and south of the Petite Côte. It e ...

is a main hub on the

Sine-Saloum Sine-Saloum is a region in Senegal located north of the Gambia and south of the Petite Côte. It encompasses an area of 24,000 square kilometers, about 12% of Senegal, with a population in the 1990s of 1,060,000. The western portion contains the ...

river in the Fatick Region of Senegal. It is a popular launch pad for eco-tours to see the abundant mangroves along the river. A ferry (connecting Foundiougne to the main road leading to Fatick) crosses the river at set times throughout the day transporting locals and tourists alike. Services that can be found include a post office, hospital, grocery stores, a pharmacy, restaurants, an internet cafe, and hotels. A high school in town serves Foundiougne and

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. There is a market every Tuesday (called a luma) on the edge of town, near the road to Mbam. At the weekly Luma, residents can purchase anything that they might require, ranging from plastic buckets to cooking pots to fabric to sandals to western clothing. It is an important center for residents of nearby villages, who travel to Foundiougne often on horse-drawn chariots.

Administrative divisions

There are five communes in the department:

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Sokone Sokone is a town in the Fatick Region of central Senegal. Sokone is a tranquil town on the south-eastern Sine-Saloum Delta amid the mangroves. It is located on the N5 road from Kaolack to Banjul, 50 km south of Kaolack and 66 km nor ...

, and . The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise: * Arrondissement of Djilor: ** Diossong ** Djilor ** Niassène ** Diagane Barka ** Mbam * Arrondissement of Niodior: ** Bassoul ** Dionewar ** Djirnda * Arrondissement de Toubacouta: ** Keur Saloum Diané ** Keur Samba Guèye ** Toubacouta ** Nioro Alassane Tall

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;Foundiougne and Sokone towns * Cannons (2) installed along the arm of the sea at Ndakhonga, north of Foundiougne * Prefecture building * Mosque of El Hadj Amadou Dème at Sokone ;Djilor * Site of Laga Ndong, at Ndorong-Log,

fangool Pangool (in Serer and Cangin) singular: Fangool (var : ''Pangol'' and ''Fangol''), are the ancient saints and ancestral spirits of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. The Pangool play a crucial role in Serer religion and h ...

of the

Sereer The Serer people are a West African ethnoreligious group.

pantheon * Pecc, place of the cult of the Gelwars of Saloum ;Niodior * 149 tumuli (Ndiamon-Badat) near Dionewar * 17 tumuli (Apetch) near Dionewar * Tumuli (Fandanga) near Niodior * 26 tumuli (Ndiouta-Boumak) near Niodior * 12 tumuli (Ndafafé) at Falia * 168 and 54 tumuli (Tioupane-Boumak and Tioupane-Boundaw) at Falia * 17 tumuli (Sandalé Déralé) near Diogane * 4 tumuli (Mbar Fagnick) near Diogane * 6 tumuli near the Bakhalou * 77 tumuli of the left bank of the river Djombos ;Toubacouta * 125 tumuli (Dioron-Boumak) near Toubacouta, on the west bank of the Bandiala * 12 tumuli (Dioron-Boundaw) 1.5 km south of above * 14 tumuli south-west of above * 63 tumuli on the north bank of the fork of the Bossinka * 30 tumuli (Bandiokouta) on the right bank of an arm of the fork of the Bossinka * 72 tumuli on the right bank of the Oudiérin * 33 tumuli at Soukarta, on farmland near the Bandiala

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Economy

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