Bakel Department

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Country Senegal Capital Bakel Area 22,378 km²		Region Tambacounda Region Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Local time Tuesday 5:30 PM

Weather 40°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 10% Humidity

Bakel Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four making up the Tambacounda Region in the east of the country. The department had an area of 22,378 km² and population estimate at 215,680 in 2005. However, recently the department was reduced to create the new department of Goudiry.

Map of Bakel, Senegal

The department has three urban communes; Bakel, Diawara and Kidira.

The rest of the department is divided administratively into three arrondissements which are in turn are divided into rural communities (communautés rurales):

Bélé Arrondissement

Bélé

Sinthiou Fissa

Kéniaba Arrondissement

Toumboura

Sadatou

Madina Foulbé

Gathiary

Moudéry Arrondissement

Moudéry

Ballou

Gabou

Historic Sites

René Caillé Pavilion in Bakel town

Bakel Fort in Bakel town

Cemetery of the Circumcised in Bakel town

Previous "Comptoir" of the Maurel & Prom establishment in Bakel town

Sacred hill of Ngoundéiny Guidimpalé in Bakel town

Fort of Sénédébou, Arrondissement of Kidira

Hill of Wouro Himadou and (purported) tomb of Malick Sy, first Almamy (muslim ruler) of the Bundu

References

Bakel Department Wikipedia

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Contents

Map of Bakel, Senegal

Historic Sites

References