Fatick Department
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Fatick Department is one of the 45
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:
- Arrondissement of Diakhao:
- 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
- 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 Coofanat Fayil
References
- ^ Senegal: Administrative Division
- ^ 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