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Wikipedia / Fatick department

Fatick department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, one of the three departments making up the Fatick region, and lies on the road between Mbour and Kaolack. The Fatick region is home to many Sereer people (or Serer); the Sereers are one of the major ethnic groups in Senegal and there are four Sereer dialects. At least 99% of the regional area consists Seereer, notably of Seereer Niominka people, and less than 1% of migrant Fulbe (1998 figures).

Fatick town is the major urban center for the region. The department has an area of 2646 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes, and rural communities.

Administrative divisions

There are two communes in the department: Diofior and Fatick.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:

Arrondissement of Diakhao:

  • Diakhao (2011)

  • Diaoulé

  • Mbéllacadiao

  • Ndiob

  • Thiaré Ndialgui

Fimela Arrondissement:

Niakhar Arrondissement:

Tattaguine Arrondissement:

Historic sites

Source:

  1. Fatick town

  2. Mbind Ngo Mindiss, site of offerings, situated on an arm of the sea, the Sine

  3. Diobaye, site of traditional ceremonies

  4. Jab Ndeb, sacred tree, at Ndiaye-Ndiaye

  5. Lutheran Mission building

  6. Prefecture building

  7. Tribunal building

  8. Diakhao

  9. Royal house

  10. Tomb of Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene fa Maak Joof

  11. Tombs of the Guelowar dynasty

  12. Tombs of the Lingeers at Diakhao Thioupane

  13. Kanger baobab tree of Diakhao, site of the offerings by the Seereer Kings of Sine

  14. Mausoleum of Maba Diakhou Bâ at Mbel Fandane

  15. Fimela

  16. Tomb of Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh at Mbissel

  17. Wells and Mosque of El Hadji Omar at Simal

  18. Senghor family house at Djilor Djidiack

  19. Niakhar

  20. Tumulus of Yenguélé

  21. Raised posts at Niakhar related to initiation

  22. Raised posts at Mboul related to initiation

  23. Fasaw, fangool (ancestral spirit) of the land of Njaafaaj

  24. Tattaguine

  25. Remains of the Maad a Sinig Salmon Faye house in the village of Khodjil-Ndiongolor

  26. Raised posts at Bikol

  27. Gouye Géwel baobab tree at Toucar and Senghor

  28. Harwak, fangool of the maternal family Coofan at Fayil

References