Pikine Department
Pikine Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up Dakar Region. Its capital is Pikine.
Pikine | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Dakar Region | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Dakar Region |
| Capital | Pikine |
| Area | |
| • Total | 87 km2 (34 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Total | 1,170,791 |
| • Density | 13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
The department is divided into 3 arrondissements, each subdivided into communes de arrondissement:
- Dagoudane Arrondissement:
- Dalifort
- Djidah Thiaroye Kaw
- Guinaw Rail Nord
- Guinaw Rail Sud
- Pikine Est
- Pikine Nord
- Pikine Ouest
- Niayes Arrondissement:
- Keur Massar
- Malika
- Yeumbeul Nord
- Yeumbeul Sud
- Thiaroye Arrondissement
- Diamaguène Sicap Mbao
- Thiaroye-Gare
- Thiaroye-sur-Mer
- Thiaroye-Diaksao
- Thiaroye-Mbao
- Population
In the census of 2002 the population of the department was recorded at 768,826.[1] In 2005 it was estimated at 834,246.
- Historic sites [2]
- Military Cemetery at Thiaroye
References
- General census 2002 -Provisional results in Projections de population du Sénégal issues du recensement 2002, Direction de la Prévision et la Statistique, janvier 2004
- "Historic sites". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
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