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Fatick
Fatick
Department
	Location in the Fatick region
Country	Senegal
Region	Fatick region
Capital	Fatick
Area
• Total	2,646 km2 (1,022 sq mi)
Population (2023 census)
• Total	409,283
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Fatick department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, one of the three departments making up the Fatick region, and lies on the road between Mbour and Kaolack. The Fatick region is home to many Sereer people (or Serer);^[2] the Sereers are one of the major ethnic groups in Senegal and there are four Sereer dialects. At least 99% of the regional area consists Seereer, notably of Seereer Niominka people, and less than 1% of migrant Fulbe (1998 figures).^[2]

Fatick town is the major urban center for the region. The department has an area of 2646 km²^[3] and is divided into arrondissements, communes, and rural communities.^[4]

Administrative divisions

There are two communes in the department: Diofior and Fatick.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:

Arrondissement of Diakhao:
- Diakhao (2011)^[5]
- Diaoulé
- Mbéllacadiao^[6]
- Ndiob
- Thiaré Ndialgui
Fimela Arrondissement:
- Djilasse
- Fimela
- Loul Sessène
- Palmarin Facao
Niakhar Arrondissement:
- Niakhar
- Ngayokhène
- Patar Sine
Tattaguine Arrondissement:
- Diarrère
- Diouroup
- Tattaguine

Historic sites

Source:^[7]

Fatick town

Mbind Ngo Mindiss, site of offerings, situated on an arm of the sea, the Sine
Diobaye, site of traditional ceremonies
Jab Ndeb, sacred tree, at Ndiaye-Ndiaye
Lutheran Mission building
Prefecture building
Tribunal building

Diakhao

Royal house
Tomb of Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene fa Maak Joof
Tombs of the Guelowar dynasty
Tombs of the Lingeers at Diakhao Thioupane
Kanger baobab tree of Diakhao, site of the offerings by the Seereer Kings of Sine
Mausoleum of Maba Diakhou Bâ at Mbel Fandane

Fimela

Tomb of Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh at Mbissel
Wells and Mosque of El Hadji Omar at Simal
Senghor family house at Djilor Djidiack

Niakhar

Tumulus of Yenguélé
Raised posts at Niakhar related to initiation
Raised posts at Mboul related to initiation
Fasaw, fangool (ancestral spirit) of the land of Njaafaaj

Tattaguine

Remains of the Maad a Sinig Salmon Faye house in the village of Khodjil-Ndiongolor
Raised posts at Bikol
Gouye Géwel baobab tree at Toucar and Senghor
Harwak, fangool of the maternal family Coofan at Fayil

References

^ Senegal: Administrative Division
^ ^a ^b Bose, Purabi; and Dijk, Han van; "Dryland Forests: Management and Social Diversity in Africa and Asia." Springer (2016), p. 99, [1] ISBN 9783319194059 (Retrieved on 28 28 May 2024)
^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Fatick: Situation economique et sociale regionale 2013.[2] Area Page 21 of the PDF file.
^ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013). [3] Fatick Region, pages 22 and 23 of the PDF file
^ DECRET n° 2011-707 du 6 juin 20012011, abrogeant et remplaçant le décret n° 2011-426 du 29 mars 2011 portant création de la Commune de Diakhao et de la Communauté rurale de Thiaré Ndialgui, dans le Département de Fatick [4]. From in the Internet Archive (9 August 2022)
^ Mbéllacadiao on the Internet [5]. Retrieved on 28 May 2024
^ List of historic sites