Fatick Department Explained

Fatick
Settlement Type:	Department
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Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Senegal
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Fatick Region
Subdivision Type2:	Capital
Subdivision Name2:	Fatick
Area Total Km2:	2646
Population As Of:	2023 census
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	409283
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
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Fatick Department is one of the 45 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).^[2]

Fatick town is the major urban center for the region. The department has an area of 2646 km²^[3] and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communities (Communautés rurales, see below).^[4]

Administrative divisions

There are two communes in the department: Diofior and Fatick.

The rural districts (Communautés rurales) comprise:

• Arrondissement of Diakhao:
  • Diakhao (2011)^[5]
  • Diaoulé
  • Mbéllacadiao^[6]
  • 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:^[7]

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

References

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Notes and References

1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/senegal/admin/ Senegal: Administrative Division
2. Bose, Purabi; and Dijk, Han van; "Dryland Forests: Management and Social Diversity in Africa and Asia." Springer (2016), p. 99, https://books.google.com/books?id=yeK9CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 (Retrieved on 28 28 May 2024)
3. Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Fatick: Situation economique et sociale regionale 2013.https://www.ansd.sn/sites/default/files/2022-12/SES-Fatick-2013.pdf Area Page 21 of the PDF file.
4. ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013). https://www.ansd.sn/sites/default/files/2022-11/Rapport_projection_version_12fev06_0.pdf Fatick Region, pages 22 and 23 of the PDF file
5. 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20220809151735/http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?article9055. From in the Internet Archive (9 August 2022)
6. Mbéllacadiao on the Internet http://mbella.eklablog.com/presentation-c412974. Retrieved on 28 May 2024
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20071117165511/http://www.culture.gouv.sn/article.php3?id_article=3 List of historic sites