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.
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. In 2005 it was estimated at 834,246.
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