Fatick

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Fatick
Fatick (Senegal)
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Coordinates 14 ° 20 ′  N , 16 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 20 ′  N , 16 ° 24 ′  W
Basic data
Country Senegal

region

Fatick
Department Fatick
ISO 3166-2 SN-FK
height 7 m
Residents 28,276 (2013)

Fatick is a city in western Senegal . It is the capital of the Fatick region and the Fatick department .

Geographical location

Fatick lies in the peanut basin between M'bour and Kaolack on the western right bank of the Sine , which from here to its confluence with the Saloum is under the influence of the tides 13 kilometers south of the city. These washed out the meandering river bed and created an amphibious bank zone several hundred meters wide that was periodically flooded.

On the northern edge of Fatick, the national road N 1 , which leads from Dakar in the west to Tambacounda and on over the Malian border to Kayes , crosses the river bed of the Sine by means of a 400-meter-long combined dam and bridge construction. It is the last bridge before its mouth.

The three closest localities are Nerane, Pourham, Mbirk and Pourham Tok. After Dakar , capital of Senegal, there are 155 km.

population

The last censuses showed the following population figures for the city:

year Residents
1988 18,416
2002 23,149
2013 28,276

economy

Fatick used to live mainly from peanut production . For several years this has been on the decline, be it due to poor harvests, be it due to import barriers in the EU, or be it due to the complete privatization of the peanut industry in Senegal. Privatization in particular has created major problems, as the government no longer pays any subsidies. Therefore, the salt marshes are now the most important local industry.

Culture

There are several classified historical sites and monuments in the city, including the Maison Luthérienne and the service buildings of the Prefecture and the Tribunal.

Also to be mentioned are

  • Mind Ngo Mindiss , a place of sacrifice, especially for libations, located on the banks of the Sine River
  • Ndiobaye , a place for traditional ceremonies
  • Jab Ndeb , the sacred tree of Ndiaye-Ndiaye

Town twinning

Special relationships exist with Montoir-de-Bretagne ( Loire-Atlantique department , France ) within the "Club Sénégal" association of the René Guy Cadou school.

City personalities

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dakar et ses environs , carte 1 / 16,000, édition 2007–2008 (French)
  2. ↑ Senegal: The most important places with statistics on their population
  3. ↑ Consulate of Senegal: economic situation, economic structure
  4. ↑ the daily newspaper: Farmer Bessane has nothing to eat
  5. ↑ Arrêté 001941 du 27 mars 2003: Arrêté portant publication de la liste des sites et monuments historiques classés ( Memento of 7 February 2012 in the Internet Archive )

literature

  • Leonardo Alfonso Villalón, Islamic Society and State Power in Senegal: Disciples and Citizens in Fatick, Senegal , Cambridge University Press, 1995 (English)
  • Codou Faye, L'école coloniale à Fatick de 1898 à 1925 , Dakar, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, 2001, 140 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise) (French)

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