Dakar Region
Dakar région is the smawest an maist populatit région o Senegal, encompassin the caipital ceety o the kintra, Dakar, an aw its suburbs alang the Cap–Vert Peninsulae, Africae's maist wasterly point.
Dakar Region Région de Dakar | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location of Dakar in Senegal | |
 Dakar région, dividit intae 4 départements | |
| Coordinates: 14°45′N 17°20′W / 14.750°N 17.333°W | |
| Kintra | Senegal |
| Caipital | Dakar |
| Départements | |
| Govrenment | |
| • Regional preses | Abdoulaye Faye (PDS; syne 2002) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 547 km2 (211 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,452,656 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 1st |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Arrondissements | 10[2] |
| Communes | 7,[2] plus 2 communautés rurales |
| Communes d'arrondissement | 43[2] |
Admeenistration
eeditThe Dakar région is dividit intae fower départements (admeenistrative structurs athoot poleetical pouer, unlike the French départements):
Dakar département
eeditThe Dakar département is an aw a commune (ceety). This is a situation comparable tae Paris which is baith a département an a commune. The département /commune o Dakar is further dividit intae:
- 4 arrondissements, which are admeenistrative structurs athoot hintle pouer. The arrondissements are further dividit intae:
- 19 communes d'arrondissement (i.e. "communes o arrondissement"). The communes d'arrondissement hae a lot o pouer, unlike the arrondissements o Paris, an are mair comparable tae the Lunnon burghs.
Guédiawaye département
eeditThe Guédiawaye département is anaw a commune (ceety). This département haes anerlie ane arrondissement, so that Guédiawaye is baith a département an an arrondissement. The département /arrondissement/commune o Guédiawaye is further dividit intae:
- 5 communes d'arrondissement
Pikine département
eeditThe Pikine département is anaw a commune (ceety). The département /commune o Pikine is further dividit into:
- 3 arrondissements, which are further dividit intae:
- 16 communes d'arrondissement
Rufisque département
eeditThe Rufisque département is made up o twa arrondissements an three communes directly unner the département:
- Rufisque arrondissement, which is also a commune (ceety). The arrondissement/commune of Rufisque is further dividit intae:
- 3 communes d'arrondissement
- Sangalkam arrondissement, which, admeenistratively speakin, is the anerlie rural pairt o the Dakar région. The Sangalkam arrondissement is further dividit intae:
- commune o Bargny (this commune is not divided into communes d'arrondissement)
- commune o Sébikotane (this commune is no dividit intae communes d'arrondissement)
- commune o Diamniadio (this commune is no divided intae communes d'arrondissement)
Table o Admeenistrative Sub-diveesions
eedit| Admeenistrative Diveesions o the Dakar Region | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Département | Commune | Arrondissement | Commune d'arrondissement | Communauté rurale |
| Depairtment/ Coonty / State | Ceety | Borough | Neighborhood | Rural Burgh |
| Dakar | Dakar | Almadies | Mermoz-Sacré Cœur | |
| Almadies | Ngor | |||
| Almadies | Ouakam | |||
| Almadies | Yoff | |||
| Dakar Plateau | Fann-Point E-Amitié | |||
| Dakar Plateau | Gorée | |||
| Dakar Plateau | Gueule Tapée-Fass-Colobane | |||
| Dakar Plateau | Médina | |||
| Dakar Plateau | Plateau | |||
| Grand Dakar | Biscuiterie | |||
| Grand Dakar | Dieuppeul-Derklé | |||
| Grand Dakar | Grand-Dakar | |||
| Grand Dakar | Hann-Bel Air | |||
| Grand Dakar | HLM | |||
| Grand Dakar | Sicap Liberté | |||
| Parcelles Assainies | Cambérène | |||
| Parcelles Assainies | Grand Yoff | |||
| Parcelles Assainies | Parcelles Assainies | |||
| Parcelles Assainies | Patte d'Oie | |||
| Guédiawaye | Guédiawaye | Guédiawaye | Golf Sud | |
| Guédiawaye | Médina Gounass | |||
| Guédiawaye | Ndiarème Limoulaye | |||
| Guédiawaye | Sam Notaire | |||
| Guédiawaye | Wakhinane Nimzatt | |||
| Pikine | Pikine | Dagoudane | Dalifort | |
| Dagoudane | Djidah-Thiaroye Kaw | |||
| Dagoudane | Guinaw Rail Nord | |||
| Dagoudane | Guinaw Rail Sud | |||
| Dagoudane | Pikine Est | |||
| Dagoudane | Pikine Nord | |||
| Dagoudane | Pikine Ouest | |||
| Niayes | Keur Massar | |||
| Niayes | Malika | |||
| Niayes | Yeumbeul Nord | |||
| Niayes | Yeumbeul Sud | |||
| Thiaroye | Diamaguène Sicap Mbao | |||
| Thiaroye | Mbao | |||
| Thiaroye | Thiaroye Gare | |||
| Thiaroye | Thiaroye Sur Mer | |||
| Thiaroye | Tivaouane Diaksao | |||
| Rufisque | Bargny | Rufisque | ||
| Diamnadio | Rufisque | |||
| Rufisque | Rufisque | Rufisque Est | ||
| Rufisque | Rufisque | Rufisque Nord | ||
| Rufisque | Rufisque | Rufisque Ouest | ||
| Sebikotane | Sangalkam | Sangalkam | ||
| Yène | ||||
Conclusion
eeditAthin the Dakar région, the anerlie poleetically significant units (i.e. those who hae electit offeecials an wield a significant pouer) are: the 7 communes, the 2 communautés rurales, an the 43 communes d'arrondissement.
References
eedit- ↑ Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Government of Senegal (2005). "Situation économique et sociale du Sénégal" (PDF) (in French). p. 163. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 15 Juin 2007. Retrieved 8 Mairch 2007.
- ↑ a b c As of December 2005
Freemit airtins
eedit- (in French)Regional Council of Dakar official website Archived 2005-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French)Collectivités locales de Dakar from Republic of Senegal Government site, l'Agence de l'informatique de l'État (ADIE). Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French)Décret fixant le ressort territorial et le chef lieu des régions et des départements[deid airtin], décret n°2002-166 du 21 février 2002.
- (in French)Code des collectivités locales Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, Loi n° 96-06 du 22 mars 1996.