Saraya (department)
The Saraya department is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Kédougou region . It is located in the extreme southeast of Senegal with the capital Saraya . On Falémé River were mineable ore deposits detected.
The department has an area of 8777 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales) as follows:
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Saraya | - | 2,726 |
| Bembou | Bembou | 13,646 |
| Bembou | Médina Baffé | 6,782 |
| Sabodala | Khossanto | 2,546 |
| Sabodala | Missirah Sirimana | 12,756 |
| Sabodala | Sabodala | 12,268 |
| Department | - | 50,724 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Demographie de Kédougou: Situation economique et sociale regional 2013 Area, page 24 of the PDF file 4.34 MB
- ↑ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013) Region Kédougou, pages 31 and 32 of the PDF file 1.44 MB
Administrative division of Senegal
Coordinates: 12 ° 27 ′ N , 11 ° 27 ′ W