Tivaouane Department

Tivaouane
Department
Location in the Thiès Region
Country	Senegal
Region	Thiès Region
Capital	Tivaouane
Area
• Total	3,121 km2 (1,205 sq mi)
Population  (2023 census)
• Total	650,067
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Tivaouane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane.

The department has three urban communes: Mboro, Meckhe and Tivaouane.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:

• Arrondissement of Mérina Dakhar:
  • Mérina Dakhar
  • Koul
  • Pékèsse
• Arrondissement of Méouane:
  • Méouane
  • Darou Khoudoss
  • Taïba Ndiaye
• Arrondissement of Niakhène:
  • Niakhène
  • Mbayène
  • Thilmakha
  • Ngandiouf
• Arrondissement de Pambal
  • Notto Gouye Diama
  • Mont Rolland
  • Pire Goureye
  • Chérif Lo

Historic sites

Serigne Babacar Sy mosque

• Tivaouane railway station
• Building housing the Prefecture (old residence of the Commandant of the Cayor) Circle
• Village of Longhor, historic and religious site
• Villages of Soughère and Nguiguis, historical sites, secondary capitals of the Damels of Cayor
• Village of Mboul, historic site, capital of the Damels
• Mausoleum of Khaly Madiakhaté Kala at Keur Makala, Arrondissement of Niakhène
• Mosque and Zawia of El Hadji Malick Sy (first constructed in 1904)
• Serigne Babacar Sy Mosque
• Mosquée et Zawia of the Kounta Family of Ndiassane
• Grand Mosque of Pire
• Mausoleum of Khaly Amar Fall at Pire