Pikine Department

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Pikine
Location in the Dakar Region
Location in the Dakar Region
Country Senegal
RegionDakar Region
CapitalPikine
Area
 • Total87 km2 (34 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Total1,170,791
 • Density13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Pikine Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up Dakar Region. Its capital is Pikine.

The department is divided into 3 arrondissements, each subdivided into communes de arrondissement:

Population

In the census of 2002 the population of the department was recorded at 768,826.[1] In 2005 it was estimated at 834,246.

Historic sites [2]
  • Military Cemetery at Thiaroye

References

  1. ^ General census 2002 -Provisional results in Projections de population du Sénégal issues du recensement 2002, Direction de la Prévision et la Statistique, janvier 2004 [1][permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Historic sites". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-21.

Coordinates: 14°45′01″N 17°23′59″W / 14.75028°N 17.39972°W / 14.75028; -17.39972