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    The Communes of Senegal are the fourth-level administrative divisions in Senegal (below country, region and department). There are some 121 communes in...
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    Dakar (redirect from Capital of Senegal)
    Dakar is a commune (also sometimes known as commune de ville), one of the 125 communes of Senegal. The commune of Dakar was created by the French colonial...
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  • The Four Communes (French: Quatre Communes) of Senegal were the four oldest colonial towns in French West Africa. In 1848 the Second Republic extended...
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    capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Senegal's...
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    exception was the Four Communes of Senegal: those areas had been towns of the tiny Senegal Colony in 1848 when, at the abolition of slavery by the French...
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  • urban commune, with a population of 18,939, located in the eastern part of Senegal, West Africa. The town is located on the left bank of the Sénégal River...
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    The history of Senegal is commonly divided into a number of periods, encompassing the prehistoric era, the precolonial period, colonialism, and the contemporary...
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    Senegal is subdivided into 14 regions (French: régions, singular – région), each of which is administered by a Conseil Régional (pl.: Conseils Régionaux)...
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    Thiès (redirect from Thiès, Sénégal)
    largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies 72 km (45 mi) east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to...
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    Kidira (category Communes of Senegal)
    Kidira is a town and urban commune in Tambacounda Region of eastern Senegal, lying near the Malian border. Its population in 2023 was 13,551. Falémé River...
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  • Ouro Sogui (category Communes of Senegal)
    had grown to 27,222. 15°36′N 13°19′W / 15.600°N 13.317°W / 15.600; -13.317 Citypopulation.de Population of Cities & Urban Communes in Senegal v t e...
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    Richard Toll (category Communes of Senegal)
    Richard Toll is a town and urban commune in northern Senegal, lying on the south bank of the River Senegal, just east of Rosso. Originally a colonial town...
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    Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania...
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  • Kahone (category Communes of Senegal)
    Kahone or Kawon is a town and urban commune near Kaolack, Senegal. It is primarily agricultural, but it is participating in industrial development plans...
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  • Saly (redirect from Sali, Senegal)
    resort and urban commune in Thiès Region on the Petite Côte of Senegal, south of Dakar. It is a major tourist destination in Senegal. Saly was originally...
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    Kédougou (category Communes of Senegal)
    a town in the Kédougou Region of south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea. It lies at an elevation of 167 m (548 ft) above sea level...
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    Gandiaye (category Communes of Senegal)
    The town and urban commune of Gandiaye in the Department of Kaolack, central Senegal, lies along National Route 1 about 24 kilometers from Kaolack. It...
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  • Diamniadio (category Communes of Senegal)
    and urban commune in Senegal. Diamniadio is a part of the collective development program of the government of Senegal under the leadership of President...
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    Tambacounda (category Communes of Senegal)
    largest city in eastern Senegal, 400 kilometres (250 mi) southeast of Dakar, and is the regional capital of the province of the same name. Its population...
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  • urban commune in Senegal. It is located in a somewhat sheltered bay about 15 km to the east of the capital, Dakar. The community has a number of severe...
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  • Diourbel (category Communes of Senegal)
    town and urban commune in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region...
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    Podor (category Communes of Senegal)
    rainless winters. Citypopulation.de Population and area of Podor Commune Gritzner, Janet H. (2005). Senegal. Infobase Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 9781438105390....
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  • Joal-Fadiouth (category Communes of Senegal)
    Joal-Fadiouth is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region at the end of the Petite Côte of Senegal, south-east of Dakar. Joal lies on the mainland...
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    Ziguinchor (category Communes of Senegal)
    capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River. It has a population of 214...
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    Kaolack (category Communes of Senegal)
    population of 298,904 (2023 census) on the north bank of the Saloum River about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from its mouth and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the...
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  • Saraya is a small town with commune status in southeast Senegal. It is the chief settlement of Saraya Department in Kédougou Region. In 2013 its population...
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    The president of Senegal (French: Président du Sénégal) is the head of state of Senegal. In accordance with the constitutional reform of 2001 and since...
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    Arrondissement Regions of Senegal Departments of Senegal Communes of Senegal (in French)List of administrative divisions in Senegal (in French)Collectivités...
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  • Diawara is a town and urban commune in Tambacounda Region of eastern Senegal, lying in the Senegal river valley near the Malian border. Its population...
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    urban commune situated in the Saint-Louis Region of Senegal and it is the capital of the Dagana Department. Dagana borders Mauritania across the Senegal river...
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