Ziguinchor department

Ziguinchor department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, one of three located in the Ziguinchor region in the south-west of the country.

The department has a single urban commune, that of Ziguinchor

The department is also divided administratively into two arrondissements, Niaguis Arrondissement and Nyassia Arrondissement which are in turn split into rural communities (Communautés rurales).

Niaguis Arrondissement: Adéane Niaguis Boutoupa-Camaracounda Nyassia Arrondissement: Enampore Nyassia

Historic sites Source:

Saint-Antoine de Padoue Cathedral, Ziguinchor Palais de Justice, Ziguinchor Government building, Ziguinchor Regional council building, Ziguinchor Baobab tree at Boutoupa, Niaguis Arrondissement. (200 years old, a place of worship for women where men were forbidden) Grand Mosque of Santhiaba, Ziguinchor Cemetery (mixed Islamic and Christian), Route du Sud, Ziguinchor Dialang Bantang fromager tree at Niéfoulène Ziguinchor, place of worship for Diola and Mandingo women, Ziguinchor Impluvium houses of the Kingdom of Bandial

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