Nioro du Rip (department)
The Nioro du Rip department is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Kaolack region . It lies on the border with Gambia in the south of the region in central Senegal with the capital Nioro du Rip .
The département has an area of 2302 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales) as follows:
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Nioro du Rip | - | 20,784 |
| Keur Madiabel (2008) | - | 10,542 |
| Médina Sabakh | Kayemor | 22,524 |
| Médina Sabakh | Médina Sabakh | 43,362 |
| Médina Sabakh | Ngayene | 23,842 |
| Paoskoto | Gainthe Kaye | 27,586 |
| Paoskoto | Paoskoto | 16,214 |
| Paoskoto | Porokhane | 33.056 |
| Paoskoto | Taïba Niassène | 27,539 |
| Paoskoto | Dabaly | 10,934 |
| Paoskoto | Darou Salam | 26,371 |
| Wack Ngouna | Keur Maba Diakhou | 27,372 |
| Wack Ngouna | Ndramé Escale | 20,537 |
| Wack Ngouna | Wack Ngouna | 36,911 |
| Wack Ngouna | Keur Mandongo | 9,354 |
| Department | - | 356.927 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Kaolack: Situation economique et sociale regional 2013 Area, page 28 of the PDF file 1.29 MB
- ↑ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013) Kaolack region, pages 29 to 31 of the PDF file 1.44 MB
- ↑ DECRET n ° 2008-748 du 10 juillet 2008 portant création de communes dans les régions de ... Kaolack, ... ( Memento of 10 November 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Tania-Nicole Napravnik, Vienna 2013: Département de Nioro du Rip
- Département de Nioro du Rip near Geonames
Administrative division of Senegal
Coordinates: 13 ° 45 ′ N , 15 ° 48 ′ W