Bignona (department)
The Bignona department is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Ziguinchor region . It is located in the "Basse (baja) Casamance " in the southwest of Senegal with the capital Bignona .
The department has an area of 5295 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales) as follows:
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Bignona | - | 27 826 |
| Diouloulou | - | 5,920 |
| Thionck-Essyl | - | 8 389 |
| Kataba 1 | Kataba 1 | 23 480 |
| Kataba 1 | Djinaky | 19 520 |
| Kataba 1 | Kafountine | 31 340 |
| Tenghory | Tenghory | 30 743 |
| Tenghory | Coubalan | 12 119 |
| Tenghory | Niamone | 7 581 |
| Tenghory | Ouonck | 10 292 |
| Tendouck | Balingore | 5 497 |
| Tendouck | Diégoune | 7 511 |
| Tendouck | Kartiack | 7 938 |
| Tendouck | Mangagoulack | 8 477 |
| Tendouck | Mlomp | 3 065 |
| Sindian | Sindian | 11 641 |
| Sindian | Djibidione | 11 641 |
| Sindian | Oulampane | 13 620 |
| Sindian | Suelle | 9 145 |
| Department | - | 252 556 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Ziguinchor: Situation economique et sociale regional 2013, pages 17 and 117 of the PDF file 3.63 MB
Coordinates: 12 ° 50 ′ N , 16 ° 15 ′ W
Administrative division of Senegal