Department M'Bour Population 605,346 (2011) | Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Local time Thursday 1:24 AM | |
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Weather 20°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 71% Humidity Clubs and Teams Stade de Mbour, Mbour Petite-Côte FC |
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M'Bour or Mbour is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite Côte, approximately eighty kilometers south of Dakar. It is home to a population of nearly 233,000 (2013 census).
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Map of Mbour, Senegal
The city's major industries are tourism, fishing and peanut processing. M'Bour is the most important place of tourism in Senegal because of its situation on the "Little Coast" and its easy connection to Dakar via the N1 road.
It is also noteworthy for the orphanage and nursery for children run by the international NGO Vivre Ensemble, and for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Senegal.
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Noteworthy people born in M'Bour
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M'Bour Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA