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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

Ziguinchor Department

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.

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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:
  • Enampore
  • Nyassia

    • Historic sites

  • 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

    • References

    Ziguinchor Department Wikipedia
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