Fatick Department

Fatick
Department
Location in the Fatick Region
Location in the Fatick Region
Country Senegal
RegionFatick Region
CapitalFatick
Area
 • Total
2,646 km2 (1,022 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)[1]
 • Total
409,283
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Fatick Department is one of the 45 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 (Communautés rurales, see below).[4]

Administrative divisions

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

The rural districts (Communautés rurales) comprise:

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
Fimela
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

References

  1. ^ Senegal: Administrative Division
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013). [3] Fatick Region, pages 22 and 23 of the PDF file
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ Mbéllacadiao on the Internet [5]. Retrieved on 28 May 2024
  7. ^ List of historic sites

14°21′29″N 16°35′09″W / 14.35806°N 16.58583°W / 14.35806; -16.58583

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