Tivaouane Department

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Country Senegal Capital Tivaouane Area 3,121 km²		Region Thiès Region Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Local time Saturday 9:43 PM

Weather 24°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 67% Humidity

Tivaouane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane.

Map of Tivaouane, Senegal

The department has three urban communes: Mboro, Meckhe and Tivaouane.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:

Arrondissement of Mérina Dakhar:

Mérina Dakhar

Koul

Pékèsse

Arrondissement of Méouane:

Méouane

Darou Khoudoss

Taïba Ndiaye

Arrondissement of Niakhène:

Niakhène

Mbayène

Thilmakha

Ngandiouf

Arrondissement de Pambal

Notto Gouye Diama

Mont Rolland

Pire Goureye

Chérif Lo

Tivaouane railway station

Building housing the Prefecture (old residence of the Commandant of the Cayor) Circle

Village of Longhor, historic and religious site

Villages of Soughère and Nguiguis, historical sites, secondary capitals of the Damels of Cayor

Village of Mboul, historic site, capital of the Damels

Mausoleum of Khaly Madiakhaté Kala at Keur Makala, Arrondissement of Niakhène

Mosque and Zawia of El Hadji Malick Sy (first constructed in 1904)

Serigne Babacar Sy Mosque

Mosquée et Zawia of the Kounta Family of Ndiassane

Grand Mosque of Pire

Mausoleum of Khaly Amar Fall at Pire

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