Mbacké (Senegal)

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Mbacké
Mbacké (Senegal)
Mbacké
Mbacké
Coordinates 14 ° 48 ′  N , 15 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 48 ′  N , 15 ° 54 ′  W
Basic data
Country Senegal

region

Diourbel
Department Mbacké
ISO 3166-2 SN-DB
height 44 m
Residents 77,255 (2013)

Mbacké is a city in the central west of Senegal . It is prefecture of the Mbacké department in the Diourbel region . Structurally, it has grown together with the Muslim pilgrim metropolis of Touba . Together, with almost 900,000 inhabitants, the two form the largest population concentration in the country outside the capital region of Dakar .

Geographical location

Mbacké is located in the east of the Diourbel region , 38 kilometers from the Diourbel regional prefecture . It is eight kilometers to the northeast to the center of Touba.

population

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

year Residents
1988 38,847
2002 51,124
2013 77,255

traffic

The national road N 3 runs through Mbacké . It connects Thiès , Khombole , Bambey and Diourbel in the west with Touba , Dahra , Linguère , Ourossogui and Matam on the border with Mauritania in the northeast.

Mbacké is connected to the international air transport network via Dakar-Blaise Diagne Airport, which is 125 km away near Thiès .

Economy and Infrastructure

The city suffers from its peripheral location to the metropolis of Touba and makes it unattractive as a business location. It is one of the departmental prefectures with the weakest economic strength and infrastructure. There are no schools, hospitals, doctors or banks appropriate to their rank.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Senegal: The most important places with statistics on their population
  2. ↑ Measure distance with google maps
  3. ^ Moustapha Socé BA on April 3, 2016: Mbacké, ville fantôme, cimetière des promesses (Mbacké, Phantom City, Cemetery of Promises)

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