Matam (department)
The Matam department is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Matam region . It is located in the northeast of Senegal with the capital Matam .
The department has an area of 5728.9 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales) as follows:
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Matam | - | 17,218 |
| Ourossogui | - | 15,654 |
| Thilogne | - | 10,441 |
| Nguidjilone | - | 10,444 |
| Agnam | Agnam-Civol | 26,321 |
| Agnam | Orefonde | 19,175 |
| Agnam | Dabia | 23,121 |
| Ogo | Bokidiawe | 52,282 |
| Ogo | Nabadji-Civol | 52,372 |
| Ogo | Ogo | 45,592 |
| Department | - | 272,620 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Etude diagnostique dans les cinq régions d'intervention des projets éligibles au Millénium Challenge Account (MCA), February 2009 ( Memento of February 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), area of the administrative units of the region: page 14 of the PDF file 0.64 MB
- ^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Matam: Situation economique et sociale regional 2013 Population figures, page 24 of the PDF file 1.42 MB
- ↑ DECRET 2011-421 on 29 mars 2011, portant création de la Commune de Nguidjilone dans le Département de Matam, Région de Matam.
Coordinates: 15 ° 45 ′ N , 13 ° 30 ′ W
Administrative division of Senegal