Thiès Region, the Glossary
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70 relations: Akon City, Arrondissement, Baol, Cangin languages, Capital city, Cayor, Communes of Senegal, Dakar, Dakar–Niger Railway, Dakar–Saint-Louis railway, Departments of Senegal, Edinburgh University Press, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fandène, Fatick Region, Fissel Arrondissement, Grande Côte, Greenwich Mean Time, Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., Human Development Index, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Israeli Basketball Premier League, Joal-Fadiouth, Joof family, Kaul, Kayar, Senegal, Keur Moussa (arrondissement), Khombole, List of Senegalese regions by Human Development Index, List of sovereign states, M'Bour, M'bour Department, Malicounda, Maurice Ndour, Mboro, Meckhe, Meouane Arrondissement, Merina Dakhar Arrondissement, Ndiass, Ngaparou, Nguekokh Arrondissement, Niakhene Arrondissement, Niayes, Notto Arrondissement, Pambal Arrondissement, Peanut, Petite Côte, Phosphate, Popenguine-Ndayane, Pout, Senegal, ... Expand index (20 more) »
Akon City
Akon City is a planned community in the M'bour Department of Senegal by Senegalese singer and entrepreneur Akon.
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Arrondissement
An arrondissement is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
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Baol
Baol or Bawol was a kingdom in what is now central Senegal.
Cangin languages
The Cangin languages are spoken by 200,000 people (as of 2007) in a small area east of Dakar, Senegal.
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Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
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Cayor
Cayor (Kajoor; كاجور) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal.
Communes of Senegal
The Communes of Senegal are the fourth-level administrative divisions in Senegal (below country, region and department).
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Dakar
Dakar (Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal.
Dakar–Niger Railway
The Dakar–Niger Railway (French: Chemin de fer Dakar-Niger) connects Dakar, Senegal to Koulikoro, Mali.
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Dakar–Saint-Louis railway
The railroad linking Dakar (Senegal) to Saint-Louis (French: Chemin de fer Dakar-Saint-Louis) was the first railroad line in French West Africa when it opened in 1885.
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Departments of Senegal
The 14 regions of Senegal are subdivided into 46 departments and 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function) and by collectivités locales (the 14 régions, 110 communes, and 320 communautés rurales) which elect administrative officers.
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Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Fandène
Fandène (Serer: Fanđan, or Fandane or Mbel Fandane) is a small village in Senegal about 7 km from Thiès.
Fatick Region
Fatick is the southwest region of the northern outcrop of Senegal.
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Fissel Arrondissement
Fissel Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the M'bour Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Grande Côte
The Grande Côte is a stretch of coastline in Senegal, running north from the Cap-Vert peninsula of Dakar to the border with Mauritania at St-Louis.
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Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.
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Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.
Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club (מועדון כדורסל הפועל ירושלים), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (הפועל בנק יהב ירושלים), is a professional basketball club based in the City of Jerusalem, Israel, and competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball), the Israeli State Cup, and the Basketball Champions League.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire
IFAN (I.F.A.N., Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire or Fundamental Institute of Black Africa) is a cultural and scientific institute in the nations of the former French West Africa.
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Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (ליגת העל, lit., Supreme League or Premier League), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition.
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Joal-Fadiouth
Joal-Fadiouth is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region at the end of the Petite Côte of Senegal, south-east of Dakar.
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Joof family
Joof (English spelling in the Gambia) or Diouf (French spelling in Senegal and Mauritania) is a surname that is typically Serer. This surname is also spelt Juuf or Juf (in the Serer language). Though there are multiple spellings for this surname, they all refer to the same people. The differences in spelling came about because Senegal was colonized by France, while the Gambia was colonized by the United Kingdom.
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Kaul
Kaul (also spelled Koul; translit) is a Kashmiri surname that is used by the Kashmiri Pandit community in India.
Kayar, Senegal
Kayar is one of the coastal cities of Senegal.
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Keur Moussa (arrondissement)
Keur Moussa is an arrondissement of Thiès in Thiès Region in Senegal.
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Khombole
Khombole is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
List of Senegalese regions by Human Development Index
This is a list of Regions of Senegal by Human Development Index as of 2021.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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M'Bour
M'Bour or Mbour (مبور; Wolof: Mbuur), is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
M'bour Department
M'bour Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of three in the Thiès Region.
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Malicounda
Malicounda is a rural commune (communauté rurale) in the Sindia Arrondissement within the M'bour Department of the Thiès Region in western Senegal.
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Maurice Ndour
Maurice Daly Ndour (born June 18, 1992) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Basketball Champions League (BCL).
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Mboro
Mboro is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region of western Senegal.
Meckhe
Meckhe is a town and urban commune in Senegal, which is located in the north-west of the country, between Dakar and Saint-Louis.
Meouane Arrondissement
Meouane Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Tivaouane Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Merina Dakhar Arrondissement
Merina Dakhar Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Tivaouane Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Ndiass
Ndiass is a village and rural community in the M'bour Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
Ngaparou
Ngaparou (or N'gaparu) is a coastal town with commune status in western Senegal (about 75 km south of Dakar), located in M'Bour Department and Thiès Region on the Petite Côte, near Saly.
Nguekokh Arrondissement
Nguekokh Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the M'bour Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
See Thiès Region and Nguekokh Arrondissement
Niakhene Arrondissement
Niakhene Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Tivaouane Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Niayes
Niayes is a geographical area in northwestern Senegal which forms a coastal strip, with sand dunes adjoining the sea being backed by a string of fresh water lakes.
Notto Arrondissement
Notto Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Thiès Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Pambal Arrondissement
Pambal Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Tivaouane Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Peanut
The peanut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), goober pea, pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.
Petite Côte
The Petite Côte is a stretch of coast in Senegal, running south from the Cap-Vert peninsula to the Saloum Delta, near the border with the Gambia.
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Phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
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Popenguine-Ndayane
Popenguine-Ndayane is a small town and urban commune on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Senegal, located 70 km south of Dakar, on the Petite Côte, in the department of M'Bour in the region of Thiès Region.
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Pout, Senegal
Pout is a town with commune status in Thiès Department in Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Présence Africaine
Présence Africaine is a pan-African quarterly cultural, political, and literary magazine, published in Paris, France, and founded by Alioune Diop in 1947.
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Regions of Senegal
Senegal is subdivided into 14 regions (French: régions, singularrégion), each of which is administered by a Conseil Régional (pl.: Conseils Régionaux) elected by population weight at the arrondissement level.
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Rural communities of Senegal
Rural communities (Communautés rurales) (CR) are the fourth-level administrative divisions in Senegal.
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Saly
Saly (also called Sali or Saly Portudal) is a seaside resort and urban commune in Thiès Region on the Petite Côte of Senegal, south of Dakar.
Séssène
Séssène is a locality of Senegal, situated in the M'bour Department and the Thiès Region, not far from Thiadiaye.
Séssène (arrondissement)
Séssène is an arrondissement of M'bour in Thiès Region in Senegal.
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Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.
Serer history
The medieval history of the Serer people of Senegambia is partly characterised by resisting Islamization from perhaps the 11th century during the Almoravid movement (which would later result in the Serers of Takrur migration to the south), to the 19th century Marabout movement of Senegambia and continuation of the old Serer paternal dynasties.
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Serer people
The Serer people are a West African ethnoreligious group.
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Serer prehistory
The prehistoric and ancient history of the Serer people of modern-day Senegambia has been extensively studied and documented over the years.
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States headed by Serer Lamanes
This is a list of states headed by the Serer Lamanes.
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Thiadiaye
Thiadiaye is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region of western Senegal.
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Thiès
Thiès (Ṯyass; Noon: Chess) is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023.
Thiès Department
Thiès Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of the three located in the Thiès Region.
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Thiès Region
Thiès is a region of western Senegal.
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Thienaba Arrondissement
Thienaba Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Thiès Department in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Timeline of Serer history
This is a timeline of the history and development of Serer religion and the Serer people of Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania.
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Tivaouane
Tivaouane or Tivawan (Tiwaawan; Tivaouane) is a city and urban commune located in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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Tivaouane Department
Tivaouane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three in the Thiès Region.
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Wolof people
The Wolof people are a West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiès_Region
Also known as Sindia, Senegal.
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