Pikine Department

Pikine Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up Dakar Region. Its capital is Pikine.

Pikine
Department
Location in the Dakar Region
Country	Senegal
Region	Dakar Region
Capital	Pikine
Area
• Total	87 km^2 (34 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	1,170,791
• Density	13,000/km^2 (35,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

The department is divided into 3 arrondissements, each subdivided into communes de arrondissement:

• Dagoudane Arrondissement:
  • Dalifort
  • Djidah Thiaroye Kaw
  • Guinaw Rail Nord
  • Guinaw Rail Sud
  • Pikine Est
  • Pikine Nord
  • Pikine Ouest
• Niayes Arrondissement:
  • Keur Massar
  • Malika
  • Yeumbeul Nord
  • Yeumbeul Sud
• Thiaroye Arrondissement
  • Diamaguène Sicap Mbao
  • Thiaroye-Gare
  • Thiaroye-sur-Mer
  • Thiaroye-Diaksao
  • Thiaroye-Mbao

Population

In the census of 2002 the population of the department was recorded at 768,826.^[1] In 2005 it was estimated at 834,246.

Historic sites ^[2]

• Military Cemetery at Thiaroye

References

1. General census 2002 -Provisional results in Projections de population du Sénégal issues du recensement 2002, Direction de la Prévision et la Statistique, janvier 2004 [1]^{[permanent dead link]}
2. . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-21.

Coordinates: 14°45′01″N 17°23′59″W / 14.75028°N 17.39972°W / 14.75028; -17.39972