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Oussouye Department

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Country
  
Senegal

Capital
  
Oussouye

Area
  
891 km²

Region
  
Ziguinchor Region

Time zone
  
GMT (UTC+0)

Oussouye Department

Weather
  
26°C, Wind N at 3 km/h, 62% Humidity

Oussouye Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Ziguinchor Region. It's situated in Basse Casamance, on the right bank of the mouth of the Casamance River.

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Administration

Oussouye is its main village, which is also the only commune of the department.

It is divided in two arrondissements made up of rural districts (communautés rurales):

  • Cabrousse Arrondissement
  • Diembéring
  • Santhiaba Manjacque
  • Loudia Ouolof Arrondissement
  • Mlomp
  • Oukout

    • Historic sites

  • Karabane, historic centre, Loudia Arrondissement
  • Residence of the Prefect at Oussouye
  • 100-year-old fromager (kapok) trees of Kagnout
  • Wells of El Hadj Umar Tall at Elinkine, Loudia Arrondissement. (Water was found where he threw his rosary, according to legend)
  • multistorey houses at Mlomp

    • Economy

    The most important economic activities are farming, specially rice farming in the mangrove zone, tourism and fishing. Oussouye is one of the biggest touristic centers in Senegal, with seaside resorts like Cap-skirring and Djimbéring. Fishing is also an important source of revenue thanks to the existence of the mangrove ecosystem.

    References

    Oussouye Department Wikipedia
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