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Senegal is subdivided into 14 regions (French: régions, singular – région), each of which is administered by a Conseil Régional (pl.: Conseils Régionaux) elected by population weight at the arrondissement level. Senegal is further subdivided into 45 departments, 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function) and by collectivités locales (the 14 regions, 110 communes, and 320 communautés rurales) which elect administrative officers.[1] Three of these regions were created on 10 September 2008, when Kaffrine Region was split from Kaolack, Kédougou region was split from Tambacounda, and Sédhiou region was split from Kolda.

Regions of Senegal
Regions of Senegal

To date, all regions take their name from their regional capitals.

Region Capital
Area
(km2)
Population
(2023 census)
[2]
Dakar Dakar 547 3,896,564
Diourbel Diourbel 4,824 1,497,455
Fatick Fatick 6,849 908,858
Kaffrine Kaffrine 11,262 821,287
Kaolack Kaolack   5,357 1,338,671
Kédougou Kédougou 16,800 245,288
Kolda Kolda 13,771 916,513
Louga Louga 24,889 1,127,119
Matam Matam 29,445 833,657
Saint-Louis Saint-Louis 19,241 1,204,863
Sédhiou Sédhiou 7,341 590,784
Tambacounda Tambacounda 42,364 988,193
Thiès Thiès 6,670 2,467,523
Ziguinchor Ziguinchor 7,352 612,343
The Conseil Régional building in Ziguinchor. Regions, unlike Departments or Arrondissements (but like Communes), have defined administrative and political power in Senegal.

See also

References

  1. ^ List of current local elected officials Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine from Union des Associations d’ Elus Locaux (UAEL) du Sénégal. See also the law creating current local government structures: (in French)Code des collectivités locales, Loi n° 96-06 du 22 mars 1996.
  2. ^ [1].

External links

Regions of Senegal
Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries
List of regions of Africa
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