Ziguinchor Department

Department in Ziguinchor Region, Senegal

Ziguinchor

Department

Location in the Ziguinchor Region

Country|  Senegal
Region| Ziguinchor Region
Capital| Ziguinchor
Area

• Total| 1,153 km2 (445 sq mi)
Population

(2013 census)

• Total| 248,265
• Density| 220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+0 (GMT)

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.

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).

Ziguinchor Department arrondissements

* Niaguis Arrondissement:
* Adéane
* Niaguis
* Boutoupa-Camaracounda
* Nyassia Arrondissement:
* Enampore
* Nyassia

## Historic sites [1][edit]

Saint-Antoine de Padoue Cathedral Impluvium house in Ziguinchor

* 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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Departments of Senegal

| Dakar Region|

* Dakar
* Guédiawaye
* Pikine
* Rufisque
* Keur Massar

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Diourbel Region|

* Bambey
* Diourbel
* Mbacké

Fatick Region|

* Fatick
* Foundiougne
* Gossas

Kaffrine Region|

* Birkilane
* Kaffrine
* Koungheul
* Malem Hodar

Kaolack Region|

* Guinguinéo
* Kaolack
* Nioro du Rip

Kédougou Region|

* Kédougou
* Salémata
* Saraya

Kolda Region|

* Kolda
* Médina Yoro Foulah
* Vélingara

| Louga Region|

* Kébémer
* Linguère
* Louga

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Matam Region|

* Kanel
* Matam
* Ranérou Ferlo

Saint-Louis Region|

* Dagana
* Podor
* Saint-Louis

Sédhiou Region|

* Bounkiling
* Goudomp
* Sédhiou

Tambacounda Region|

* Bakel
* Goudiry
* Koumpentoum
* Tambacounda

Thiès Region|

* M'bour
* Thiès
* Tivaouane

Ziguinchor Region|

* Bignona
* Oussouye
* Ziguinchor

## References[edit]

1. ^ Historic sites

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