Thiès Department

Thiès Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three located in the Thiès Region.

Thiès
Department
Thiès town centre
Location in the Thiès Region
Country	Senegal
Region	Thiès Region
Capital	Thiès
Area
• Total	1,873 km^2 (723 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	667,814
• Density	360/km^2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

There are 4 urban communes in the department: Kayar, Khombole, Pout and Thiès.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:

• Arrondissement of Keur Moussa:
  • Keur Moussa
  • Diender
  • Fandène
• Arrondissement of Notto:
  • Notto
  • Tassette
• Arrondissement of Thiénaba:
  • Thiénaba
  • Ngoudiane
  • Ndiéyène Sirah
  • Touba Toul
• Arrondissement of Thiès Nord
• Arrondissement de Thiès Sud

Historic sites [1]

Thiès Chamber of Commerce

Thiès town

• Railway station and warehouses
• Place Ibrahima Sarr, Ballabey city
• The building of the Director General of the SNCS
• "Building of the Three Clocks" of the SNCS
• Thiès Fort, now regional museum
• Principal building housing the Government
• Principal building housing the Chamber of Commerce
• Thiès Cathédrale and the Evéché building
• Building housing the Saint Anne's school opposite the Cathedral
• Thiès Post office

Thiès department

• Mbidièm Fort, Arrondissement de Pout
• Diack Quarries archeological site, Arrondissement de Thiénaba
• Diakité Quarries archeological site
• Pout Post Office

References

1. List of historic sites Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine