Official Name: | Mboro |
Settlement Type: | Town and commune |
Total Type: | Town and commune |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Senegal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Thiès Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Tivaouane Department |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Area Total Km2: | 7.164 |
Population As Of: | 2023 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 40811 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 15.15°N -70°W |
Mboro is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region of western Senegal. It is located in the Tivaouane Department. The population in 2023 was 40,811.[1]
The town received commune status in 2002.[2] Mboro is situated 25 km west of Tivaouane and 117 km north of Dakar. There is a phosphate mine and factory in Mboro.[3]