Fatick department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, one of the three departments making up the Fatick region, and lies on the road between Mbour and Kaolack. The Fatick region is home to many Sereer people (or Serer); the Sereers are one of the major ethnic groups in Senegal and there are four Sereer dialects. At least 99% of the regional area consists Seereer, notably of Seereer Niominka people, and less than 1% of migrant Fulbe (1998 figures).Bose, Purabi; and Dijk, Han van; "Dryland Forests: Management and Social Diversity in Africa and Asia." Springer (2016), p. 99, (Retrieved on 28 28 May 2024)
Fatick town is the major urban center for the region. The department has an area of 2646 km² Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Fatick: Situation economique et sociale regionale 2013. Area Page 21 of the PDF file. and is divided into arrondissements, communes, and rural communities. ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013). Fatick Region, pages 22 and 23 of the PDF file
Administrative divisions There are two communes in the department: Diofior and Fatick.
The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise: Arrondissement of Diakhao: Diakhao (2011)DECRET n° 2011-707 du 6 juin 20012011, abrogeant et remplaçant le décret n° 2011-426 du 29 mars 2011 portant création de la Commune de Diakhao et de la Communauté rurale de Thiaré Ndialgui, dans le Département de Fatick . From in the Internet Archive (9 August 2022) Diaoulé MbéllacadiaoMbéllacadiao on the Internet . Retrieved on 28 May 2024 Ndiob Thiaré Ndialgui Fimela Arrondissement: Djilasse Fimela Loul Sessène Palmarin Facao Niakhar Arrondissement: Niakhar Ngayokhène Patar Sine Tattaguine Arrondissement: Diarrère Diouroup Tattaguine
Historic sites
Source:List of historic sites
Fatick town Mbind Ngo Mindiss, site of offerings, situated on an arm of the sea, the Sine Diobaye, site of traditional ceremonies Jab Ndeb, sacred tree, at Ndiaye-Ndiaye Lutheran Mission building Prefecture building Tribunal building
Diakhao Royal house Tomb of Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene fa Maak Joof Tombs of the Guelowar dynasty Tombs of the Lingeers at Diakhao Thioupane Kanger baobab tree of Diakhao, site of the offerings by the Seereer Kings of Sine Mausoleum of Maba Diakhou Bâ at Mbel Fandane
Fimela Tomb of Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh at Mbissel Wells and Mosque of El Hadji Omar at Simal Senghor family house at Djilor Djidiack
Niakhar Tumulus of Yenguélé Raised posts at Niakhar related to initiation Raised posts at Mboul related to initiation Fasaw, fangool (ancestral spirit) of the land of Njaafaaj
Tattaguine Remains of the Maad a Sinig Salmon Faye house in the village of Khodjil-Ndiongolor Raised posts at Bikol Gouye Géwel baobab tree at Toucar and Senghor Harwak, fangool of the maternal family Coofan at Fayil
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