Thiès_Department

Thiès Department

Thiès Department

Department in Thiès Region, Senegal

Thiès Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three located in the Thiès Region.

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There are 4 urban communes in the department: Kayar, Khombole, Pout and Thiès.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:

  • Arrondissement of Keur Moussa:
    • Keur Moussa
    • Diender
    • Fandène
  • Arrondissement of Notto:
    • Notto
    • Tassette
  • Arrondissement of Thiénaba:
    • Thiénaba
    • Ngoudiane
    • Ndiéyène Sirah
    • Touba Toul
  • Arrondissement of Thiès Nord
  • Arrondissement de Thiès Sud

Historic sites [1]

Thiès Chamber of Commerce
Thiès town
  • Railway station and warehouses
  • Place Ibrahima Sarr, Ballabey city
  • The building of the Director General of the SNCS
  • "Building of the Three Clocks" of the SNCS
  • Thiès Fort, now regional museum
  • Principal building housing the Government
  • Principal building housing the Chamber of Commerce
  • Thiès Cathédrale and the Evéché building
  • Building housing the Saint Anne's school opposite the Cathedral
  • Thiès Post office
Thiès department
  • Mbidièm Fort, Arrondissement de Pout
  • Diack Quarries archeological site, Arrondissement de Thiénaba
  • Diakité Quarries archeological site
  • Pout Post Office

References

  1. [1]
    List of historic sites Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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