Bounkiling (department)

Bounkiling department in the Sédhiou region

The Bounkiling department with the capital Bounkiling is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Sédhiou region . It is located in the center of Casamance in southern Senegal between Soungrougrou in the south and Gambia in the north.

The department has an area of ​​2829.38 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales) as follows:

Commune / Arrondissement	Communauté rurale	Residents 2013
Bounkiling	-	6,416
Madina Wandifa	-	12.205
Ndiamacouta	-	7.179
Boghal	Ndiamalathiel	14,688
Boghal	Boghal	12,551
Boghal	Tankon	20,700
Boghal	Djinany	3,663
Bona	Bona	8,833
Bona	Diacounda	7,405
Bona	In or	8,633
Bona	Kandion Mangana	1,635
Diaroumé	Diaroumé	17,926
Diaroumé	Diambati	10,274
Diaroumé	Faoune	13,460
Department	-	145,568

Individual evidence

1. ^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Sédhiou: Situation economique et sociale regional 2014 Area, page 25 of the PDF file 2.07 MB
2. ↑ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013) Region Sédhiou pages 41 to 43 of the PDF file 1.44 MB

Web links

• Plan de Développement Départemental de Bounkiling 2016
• Bounkiling at Geonames

Coordinates: 13 ° 3 ′  N , 15 ° 42 ′  W