Thiès Region
Thiès Region
Région de Thiès ( Capital | Thiès | |
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Départements | ||
Government | ||
• Governor | Amadou Sy | |
Area | ||
• Total | 6,670 km2 (2,580 sq mi) | |
Population (2023 census) | ||
• Total | 2,467,523 | |
• Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) | |
UTC+0 (GMT) | ||
HDI (2021) | 0.562[1] medium · 3rd |
Thiès is a region of western Senegal. The capital is also called Thiès.
Geography
Thiès has two coastlines, one in the north with the Grande Côte housing the Niayes vegetable market, one to the south with the Petite Côte, one of the tourist areas of Senegal.
Principally the main passageway between the peninsula and the rest of the country, the region of Thiès has received a communication route connected to the first rail line and new road infrastructure.
Thiès is relatively small, yet it is the most populous region after Dakar, with a population of 2,467,523 inhabitants in 2023.[2]
The coastal communities are dependent on fishing, growing crops, and coastal tourism for subsistence. The interior of the region was the peanut basin. Phosphates are also mined there.
History
The Thiès Region has always been occupied by the
Geographically, the region partially overlaps with the precolonial Kingdoms of
Administrative divisions
Thiès region is divided into 3 departments (départements), 14 communes (soon 15 communes in 2023), 12 arrondissements, 32 communautés rurales and 3 communes d'arrondissement.
Departments
The region is divided[8] into 3 departments as follows':
Communes
- Ville d'Akon (planned)
- M'bour
- Joal-Fadiouth
- Nguekokh
- Ngaparou
- Popenguine-Ndayane
- Saly
- Somone
- Thiadiaye
Arrondissements
- Fissel
- Séssène
- Sindia
- Thiès Nord (also commune d'arrondissement)
- Thiès Sud (divided into 2 communes d'arrondissement)
- Keur Moussa
- Notto
- Thiénaba
Communautés rurales
- Fissel
- Ndiaganiao
- Nguéniène
- Sandiara
- Séssène
- Malicounda
- Diass
- Sindia
- Méouane
- Taïba Ndiaye
- Darou-Khoudoss
- Koul
- Mérina Dakhar
- Pékesse
- Nbayène
- Ngandiouf
- Niakhène
- Thilmakha
- Chérif Lo
- Mont Rolland
- Notto Gouye Diama
- Pambal
- Pire Gourèye
In 2003, the rural population was 769,884,[9] grouped in 31 villages, in communautés rurales.
Notable residents
- Maurice Ndour (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
References
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Thiès (Region, Senegal) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ ISBN 0-85224-029-5
- ^ a b Diange, Pathé. "Les Royaumes Sérères", Présence Africaine. No.54 (1965) p-p 142-72
- ^ a b Ba, Abdou Bouri, "Essai sur l’histoire du Saloum et du Rip", Avant-propos par Charles Becker et Victor Martin. Publié dans le Bulletin de l’Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), pp 10-13
- ISBN 0-85229-961-3
- ISBN 2-296-00862-3
- ^ (in French) Decree n°2002-166 of 21 February 2002 fixant le ressort territorial et le chef lieu des régions et des départements [1]
- ^ (in French) Source : PEPAM [2]