Dakar-Plateau
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Dakar-Plateau is an arrondissement in the Dakar Department, and forms the central district of the city of Dakar.
Overview
Senegalese arrondissements are quite different from the
In 1996, a massive reform of the administrative and political divisions of Senegal was voted by the Parliament of Senegal. The commune of Dakar, whose population approached 1 million inhabitants, was deemed too large and too populous to be properly managed by a central municipality, and so on August 30, 1996 Dakar was divided into 19 communes d'arrondissement.[citation needed]
These communes d'arrondissement were given extensive powers, and are very much like regular communes. They have more powers than the arrondissements of Paris, and are more akin to the
There are five
]The sous-préfet of the arrondissement is in charge of controlling the activities of the communes d'arrondissement in his arrondissement.[citation needed]
The commune d'arrondissement of
Since the administrative reforms of 1996, the régions of Senegal, which until then were merely local administrative structures of the central state, have been turned into full-fledged political units, with democratically elected regional councils, and regional presidents. They were given extensive powers, and manage economic development, transportation, or environmental protection issues at the regional level, thus coordinating the actions of the communes below them.
See also
References
- dakarville.sn - City of Dakar official website. (in French)
- "Situation économique et sociale du Sénégal" (PDF). Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (in French). Government of Senegal. 2005. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-15. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
- Découpage administratif de la région de Dakar: Collectivités locales de la région de Dakar. (in French)