Thiès Region

Coordinates: 14°46′N 16°54′W / 14.767°N 16.900°W / 14.767; -16.900
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Thiès Region
Région de Thiès (
Capital
Thiès
Départements
Government
 • GovernorAmadou Sy
Area
 • Total6,670 km2 (2,580 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)
 • Total2,467,523
 • Density370/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

Serer medieval history
).

Geographically, the region partially overlaps with the precolonial Kingdoms of

the Dakar-Saint-Louis railway in the late nineteenth century, and then with the Dakar-Niger railway
. Thus Administratively, it is one of the oldest in the country.

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

In M'bour Département:

In Thiès Département:

In Tivaouane Département:

Arrondissements

In M'bour Département:

In Thiès Département:

In Tivaouane Département:

Communautés rurales

Keur Simbara is a tiny village in Thiès near Dakar

In M'bour Département:

In Thiès Département:

In Tivaouane Département:

In 2003, the rural population was 769,884,[9] grouped in 31 villages, in communautés rurales.

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Thiès (Region, Senegal) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^
  4. ^ a b Diange, Pathé. "Les Royaumes Sérères", Présence Africaine. No.54 (1965) p-p 142-72
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ (in French) Decree n°2002-166 of 21 February 2002 fixant le ressort territorial et le chef lieu des régions et des départements [1]
  7. ^ (in French) Source : PEPAM [2]

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