Podor Department Explained

Podor
Settlement Type:	Department
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Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
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Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Senegal
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Saint-Louis Region
Subdivision Type2:	Capital
Subdivision Name2:	Podor
Area Total Km2:	12947
Population As Of:	2023 census
Population Total:	487,220
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Timezone:	GMT
Utc Offset:	+0

Podor Department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal and one of the three in the Saint-Louis Region in the far north-west of the country.

Communes in the department are:

• Golléré
• Ndiandane
• Ndioum
• Podor
• Mboumba
• Guédé Chantier
  • • • • • Démette Galoya Toucouleur Aéré Lao Pété Walaldé Bodé Lao

Rural districts (Communautés rurales) comprise:

• Arrondissement of Cas-Cas
  • Méry
  • Doumga Lao
  • Madina Diathbé
• Arrondissement of Gamadji Saré
  • Gamadji Saré
  • Dodel
  • Guédé Village
• Arrondissement of Saldé
  • Mbolo Birane
  • Boké Dialloubé
• Arrondissement of Thillé Boubacar
  • Fanaye
  • Ndiayène Peindao

Historic sites^[1]

• The Fort at Podor
• Maison Foy at the corner of the quay in Podor
• The quays and quay buildings of Podor
• The mosque at Alwar
• The Almamy cemetery at Mboumba
• The old mosque at Mboumba
• The mosque and mausoleum of Ouro Madiou
• The mosque of Diama Alwaly
• The old village of Walaldé
• The old village of Siouré
• The old village of Kaskas
• The mosque of Guédé Ouro
• The old village of Tioubalel

References

16.6489°N -14.9608°W

Notes and References

1. http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?article4607 List of historic sites