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'''Thiès Department''' is one of the [[departments of Senegal]], located in the [[Thiès Region]].
'''Thiès Department''' is one of the 45 [[departments of Senegal]], one of the three located in the [[Thiès Region]].

There are 4 urban communes in the department: [[Kayar]], [[Khombole]], [[Pout]] and [[Thiès]].

The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') comprise:
* Arrondissement of Keur Moussa:
** Keur Moussa
** Diender
** Fandène

* Arrondissement of Notto:
** Notto
** Tassette

* Arrondissement of Thiénaba:
** Thiénaba
** Ngoudiane
** Ndiéyène Sirah
** Touba Toul

* Arrondissement of Thiès Nord
* Arrondissement de Thiès Sud

===Historic sites <ref> List of historic sites [http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?article4607] <ref> ===
;Thiès town
* Railway station and warehouses
* Place Ibrahima Sarr, Ballabey city
* The building of the Director General of the SNCS
* "Building of the Three Clocks" of the SNCS
* Thiès Fort, now regional museum
* Principal building housing the Government
* Principal building housing the Chambre of Commerce
* Thiès Cathédrale and the Evéché building
* Building housing the Saint Anne's school opposite the Cathedral
* Thiès Post office

==References==
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Revision as of 19:40, 15 November 2016

Thiès
Thiès town centre
Thiès town centre
Location in the Thiès Region
Location in the Thiès Region
Country Senegal
RegionThiès Region
CapitalThiès
Area
 • Total1,873 km2 (723 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Total667,814
 • Density360/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Thiès Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three located in the Thiès Region.

There are 4 urban communes in the department: Kayar, Khombole, Pout and Thiès.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:

  • Arrondissement of Keur Moussa:
    • Keur Moussa
    • Diender
    • Fandène
  • Arrondissement of Notto:
    • Notto
    • Tassette
  • Arrondissement of Thiénaba:
    • Thiénaba
    • Ngoudiane
    • Ndiéyène Sirah
    • Touba Toul
  • Arrondissement of Thiès Nord
  • Arrondissement de Thiès Sud

Historic sites <ref> List of historic sites [1] <ref>

Thiès town
  • Railway station and warehouses
  • Place Ibrahima Sarr, Ballabey city
  • The building of the Director General of the SNCS
  • "Building of the Three Clocks" of the SNCS
  • Thiès Fort, now regional museum
  • Principal building housing the Government
  • Principal building housing the Chambre of Commerce
  • Thiès Cathédrale and the Evéché building
  • Building housing the Saint Anne's school opposite the Cathedral
  • Thiès Post office

References

14°50′03″N 17°06′22″W / 14.83417°N 17.10611°W / 14.83417; -17.10611