Tivaouane Department

Tivaouane
Location in the Thiès Region
Location in the Thiès Region
Country Senegal
RegionThiès Region
CapitalTivaouane
Area
 • Total
3,121 km2 (1,205 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)
 • Total
650,067
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Tivaouane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane.

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]

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

References

14°58′28″N 16°56′23″W / 14.97444°N 16.93972°W / 14.97444; -16.93972