Foundiougne (department)
The department Foundiougne with the capital Foundiougne is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Fatick region . It is located in western Senegal in the south of the Fatick region and is bordered by the Atlantic coast in the west, Saloum in the north and the border with Gambia in the south.
Large parts of the department are shaped by the landscape of the vast estuary of the Saloum in the flat coastal zone, where the inland tidal currents have created a widely branched amphibious system of bolons such as the Jinnak Bolon and mangrove forests . The islands off the delta, the sandbanks and shallow water zones stretching for miles into the sea, as well as the Forêt classée de Fathala on the border with Gambia form the Delta du Saloum National Park, the second largest national park in Senegal, which has been designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO .
The department has an area of 2959 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales) as follows:
Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
Foundiougne | - | 6,822 |
Sokone | - | 14,745 |
Passy | - | 12,571 |
Karang Poste | - | 14,624 |
Soum (Senegal) | - | 5,044 |
Djilor | Djilor | 19,732 |
Djilor | Diossong | 23,361 |
Djilor | Diagane Barka | 9,763 |
Djilor | Mbam | 9,961 |
Djilor | Niassène | 16,315 |
Niodior | Bassoul | 8,947 |
Niodior | Dionewar | 11,274 |
Niodior | Djirnda | 8,649 |
Toubacouta | Keur Saloum Diané | 26,715 |
Toubacouta | Keur Samba Guèye | 23,523 |
Toubacouta | Nioro Alassane Tall | 32,435 |
Toubacouta | Toubacouta | 34,957 |
Department | - | 279,436 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Forêt de Fathala at Geonames
- ↑ Fathala wildlife reserve at Geonames
- ↑ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Demographie de Fatick: Situation economique et sociale regional 2013 Area, page 21 of the PDF file 2.56 MB
- ↑ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013) Fatick region, pages 25 to 27 of the PDF file 1.44 MB
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Coordinates: 14 ° 6 ′ N , 16 ° 27 ′ W