Pout is a town with commune status in Thiès Department in Thiès Region of

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

. Its population in 2023 was 29,874. It stands on the side of the N2 road, giving easy access to the large towns of

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

and Saint-Louis. The town, in an area traditionally peopled by Sereer, has developed rapidly as a result of

industrialisation Industrialisation ( UK) or industrialization ( US) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. This involves an extensive reorganisation of an economy for th ...

. It was made a ''commune de ville'' in 1990. Surrounded by forest, it is also a vegetable and fruit growing area where mangos, mandarins and oranges are produced. The industrial activity includes agricultural machine fabrication, salt and cement production and the export offruit and vegetables.

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* Partly based on the article in French Wikipedia Populated places in Thiès region Communes of Senegal {{Senegal-geo-stub