Thiès Region
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Administrative divisions
Thiès is divided in 3 departmentDepartments of Senegal
The 14 Regions of Senegal are subdivided into 45 departments and 103 arrondissements and by collectivités locales which elect administrative officers.In 2006, the new department of Koungheul was created as a division of Kaolack Department...
s (départements), 11 commune
Communes of Senegal
The Communes of Senegal are the fourth-level administrative divisions in the West African country of Senegal. There are 64 communes of Senegal which have urban status above the 100 Arrondissements of Senegal and 300 rural communes or communities which are administered by relative...
s, 10 arrondissement
Arrondissement
Arrondissement is any of various administrative divisions of France, certain other Francophone countries, and the Netherlands.-France:The 101 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The capital of an arrondissement is called a...
s, and 31 communautés rurales.
Departments
The departments (départements) of Thies region are:- M'bourM'bour Department' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is M'Bour....
- ThièsThiès Department' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region....
- TivaouneTivaouane Department' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane....
Communes
In ThièsThiès Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region....
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- Pout
- Khombole
- ThièsThièsThiès is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005. It lies 60 km east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis...
In Tivaouane
Tivaouane Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane....
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- MeckheMeckheMeckhe is a commune in Senegal, consisting of approx. 19 000 inhabitants.It is located in the north-west of the country, between Dakar and Saint-Louis, in the region of Thiès in the department of Tivaouane.Its population is mostly of Wolof origin....
- TivaouaneTivaouane-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 century by Venitian explorer Luigi Cada-Mosto....
- Mboro
In M'bour
M'bour Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is M'Bour....
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- M'bourM'BourM'Bour or Mbour is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite Côte, approximately eighty kilometers south of Dakar. It is home to a population of 153,503 . The city's major industries are tourism, fishing and peanut processing....
- Fadiouth
- Nguékhokh
- Joal
- Thiadiaye
Arrondissements
In ThièsThiès Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region....
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- Keur Moussa
- Notto
- Thiénaba
In Tivaouane
Tivaouane Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane....
:
- Pambal
- Méouane
- Niakhène
- Médina Dakhar
In M'bour
M'bour Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is M'Bour....
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- Séssène
- Sindia
- Fissel
Communautés rurales
In ThièsThiès Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region....
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- FandèneFandèneFandène is a small village in Sénégal about 7 km from Thiès. It is inhabited by the Serer people.- History :It was one of the villages of the old Serer Kingdom of Sine...
- Notto
- Tassette
- Keur Moussa
- Ndiayène Sirah
- Thiénaba
- Ngoudiane
- Diender Geudj
- Touba Toul
In Tivaouane
Tivaouane Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane....
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- Médina Dakhar
- Pékesse
- Méouane
- Niakhène
- Nbayène
- Thilmakha
- Taïba Ndiaye
- Mont Rolland
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- Notto Gouye
- Diama
- Ngandiouf
- Chérif Lo
- Pire Gourèye
In M'bour
M'bour Department
' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is M'Bour....
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- Sandiara
- Fissel
- Sindia
- Nguéniène
- Ndiaganiao
- Séssène
- Malicounda