Ziguinchor Department

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Country Senegal Capital Ziguinchor Area 1,153 km² Team Casa Sports		Region Ziguinchor Region Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Local time Saturday 9:39 PM

Weather 26°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 81% Humidity

Ziguinchor Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of three located in the Ziguinchor Region in the south-west of the country.

Map of Ziguinchor, Senegal

The department has a single urban commune, that of Ziguinchor

The department is also divided administratively into two arrondissements, Niaguis Arrondissement and Nyassia Arrondissement which are in turn split into rural communities (Communautés rurales).

Niaguis Arrondissement:

Adéane

Niaguis

Boutoupa-Camaracounda

Nyassia Arrondissement:

Nyassia

Saint-Antoine de Padoue Cathedral, Ziguinchor

Palais de Justice, Ziguinchor

Government building, Ziguinchor

Regional council building, Ziguinchor

Baobab tree at Boutoupa, Niaguis Arrondissement. (200 years old, a place of worship for women where men were forbidden)

Grand Mosque of Santhiaba, Ziguinchor

Cemetery (mixed Islamic and Christian), Route du Sud, Ziguinchor

Dialang Bantang fromager tree at Niéfoulène Ziguinchor, place of worship for Diola and Mandingo women, Ziguinchor

Impluvium houses of the Kingdom of Bandial

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