Bambey Department
Department in Diourbel Region, Senegal
Bambey | |
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Department | |
![]() Location in the Diourbel Region | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Diourbel Region |
Capital | Bambey |
Area | |
• Total | 1,351 km2 (522 sq mi) |
Population (2023 census) | |
• Total | 376,945 |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Bambey Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three making up the Diourbel Region.
Its capital and the only commune in the department is Bambey.
![Map of the department arrondissements](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Bambey_arrondissements.png/300px-Bambey_arrondissements.png)
The rural districts (communautés rurales) are:
- Baba Garage Arrondissement:
- Baba Garage [fr]
- Dinguiraye [fr]
- Keur Samba Kane [fr]
- Lambaye Arrondissement:
- Gawane [fr]
- Lambaye [fr]
- Ngogom [fr]
- Réfane [fr]
- Ngoye Arrondissement:
- N'Dangalma [fr]
- N'Dondol [fr]
- N'goye [fr]
- Thiakhar [fr]
- Historic sites [1]
- Tumulus of Lambaye (sites of the teignes (moths?))
- Tène-Mbambey, battlefield at Mbambey Sérère
- Gouye Ndeung, baobab tree on the site of the Battle of Sanghay at Lambaye
- Battlefield at Sanghay-Mbol
- Site of battle of Ndiarème, near Sindiane
- Mausoleum of Cheikh Anta Diop at Thieytou, Dinguiraye
- Tumulus of Pouniar, Lambaye Arrondissement
- Tumulus of Gallo Peye, Ndangalma
- Tumulus of Peul Lamassas, Ndangalma
References
- ^ "Historic sites". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
14°43′12″N 16°36′41″W / 14.72000°N 16.61139°W / 14.72000; -16.61139
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