Gossas (department)
The Gossas department with the capital Gossas 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 northeast of the elongated and elbow-shaped region of Fatick, which is angled from the Atlantic coast to the northeast inland.
In 2002 the department was reduced to the Arrondissement Taïf in the extreme northeast, which changed to the Mbacké department of the Diourbel region with an area of 410 km² . In 2008 the area around Guinguinéo , namely the then district Guinguinéo , supplemented by the Communauté rurale Ourour , carved out of the department and with an area of 1,166 square kilometers as a department Guinguinéo in the Kaolack region incorporated.
Since then, the department has an area of 1080 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales):
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Gossas | - | 12,698 |
| Colobane | Colobane | 18,310 |
| Colobane | Mbar | 27.301 |
| Ouadiour | Ndiène Lagane | 11,866 |
| Ouadiour | Ouadiour | 10,816 |
| Ouadiour | Patar Lia | 14,724 |
| Department | - | 95,715 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Diourbel: Situation economique et sociale regional 2013 Area of the Arrondissement Taïf calculated according to page 13 of the PDF file 6.07 MB
- ↑ Map of the region with territorial status until 2008
- ↑ Map of the region with territorial status from 2008
- ↑ 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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Administrative division of Senegal
Coordinates: 14 ° 30 ′ N , 16 ° 3 ′ W