Mbacké 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'') whic ...
, and one of the three constituting the
Diourbel Region.
The capital of the department is the only commune,
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 ...
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The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') are:
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Kael Arrondissement
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Ndame Arrondissement
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Taïf Arrondissement
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Historic sites
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* Grand Mosque at Touba
* Aynou Rahmati, wells of the Miséricorde at Touba
* Gouye Tékhé and Gouye Ziarra baobab trees at Touba
* Négou Mame Diarra Bousso at Khourou Mbacké
* Tumulus field at Thiékène, Sous-Préfecture of Kael
* Tumulus at Gninguène.
See also
*Touba
Touba (Hassaniya Arabic: , 'Felicity'; Wolof: Tuubaa) is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of 529,176 in 2010, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar. It is the holy ...
References
Departments of Senegal
Diourbel Region
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