Mboro is a town 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 ...

of western

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

. It is in the

Tivaouane Department Tivaouane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane. The department has three urban communes: Mboro, Meckhe and Tivaouane. The rural districts (''communautés rural ...

. The population in 2013 was 27,693.Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Senegal; Population des Communes
Retrieved 16 July 2015. The town received commune status in 2002. Mboro is situated 25 km west of

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 ...

and 117 km north of

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

. There is a

phosphate In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid . The phosphate or orthophosphate ion is derived from phospho ...

mine and factory in Mboro.Senegal's Wade: loved by dad, disliked by people
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References

Populated places in Thiès Region Communes of Senegal {{Senegal-geo-stub