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.
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![]() Location in the Thiès Region | |
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Region | Thiès Region |
Capital | Tivaouane |
Area | |
• Total | 3,121 km2 (1,205 sq mi) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 452,172 |
• Density | 140/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
The department has three urban communes: Mboro, Meckhe and Tivaouane.
The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:
- Arrondissement of Mérina Dakhar:
- Mérina Dakhar
- Koul
- Pékèsse
- Arrondissement of Méouane:
- Méouane
- Darou Khoudoss
- Taïba Ndiaye
- Arrondissement of Niakhène:
- Niakhène
- Mbayène
- Thilmakha
- Ngandiouf
- Arrondissement de Pambal
- Notto Gouye Diama
- Mont Rolland
- Pire Goureye
- Chérif Lo
Historic sites [1]
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Serigne Babacar Sy mosque
- Tivaouane railway station
- Building housing the Prefecture (old residence of the Commandant of the Cayor) Circle
- Village of Longhor, historic and religious site
- Villages of Soughère and Nguiguis, historical sites, secondary capitals of the Damels of Cayor
- Village of Mboul, historic site, capital of the Damels
- Mausoleum of Khaly Madiakhaté Kala at Keur Makala, Arrondissement of Niakhène
- Mosque and Zawia of El Hadji Malick Sy (first constructed in 1904)
- Serigne Babacar Sy Mosque
- Mosquée et Zawia of the Kounta Family of Ndiassane
- Grand Mosque of Pire
- Mausoleum of Khaly Amar Fall at Pire
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