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Pikine Department

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Country
  
Senegal

Capital
  
Pikine

Area
  
87 km²

Region
  
Dakar Region

Time zone
  
GMT (UTC+0)

Local time
  
Friday 7:31 PM

Pikine Department

Weather
  
23°C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 74% Humidity

Pikine Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up Dakar Region. Its capital is Pikine.

Map of Pikine, Senegal

The department is divided into 3 arrondissements, each subdivided into communes de arrondissement:

  • Dagoudane Arrondissement:
  • Dalifort
  • Djidah Thiaroye Kaw
  • Guinaw Rail Nord
  • Guinaw Rail Sud
  • Pikine Est
  • Pikine Nord
  • Pikine Ouest
  • Niayes Arrondissement:
  • Keur Massar
  • Malika
  • Yeumbeul Nord
  • Yeumbeul Sud
  • Thiaroye Arrondissement
  • Diamaguène Sicap Mbao
  • Thiaroye-Gare
  • Thiaroye-sur-Mer
  • Thiaroye-Diaksao
  • Thiaroye-Mbao
  • Population

    In the census of 2002 the population of the department was recorded at 768,826. In 2005 it was estimated at 834,246.

    Historic sites
  • Military Cemetery at Thiaroye
  • References

    Pikine Department Wikipedia