Podor Department

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Podor Department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal and one of the three in the Saint-Louis Region in the far north-west of the country.

Communes in the department are:

  • Golléré
  • Ndiandane
  • Ndioum
  • Podor
  • Mboumba
  • Guédé Chantier
  • Démette
  • Galoya Toucouleur
  • Aéré Lao
  • Pété
  • Walaldé
  • Bodé Lao

Rural districts (Communautés rurales) comprise:

  • Arrondissement of Cas-Cas
    • Méry
    • Doumga Lao
    • Madina Diathbé
  • Arrondissement of Gamadji Saré
    • Gamadji Saré
    • Dodel
    • Guédé Village
  • Arrondissement of Saldé
    • Mbolo Birane
    • Boké Dialloubé
  • Arrondissement of Thillé Boubacar
    • Fanaye
    • Ndiayène Peindao

Historic sites

Podor Fort

  • The Fort at Podor
  • Maison Foy at the corner of the quay in Podor
  • The quays and quay buildings of Podor
  • The mosque at Alwar
  • The Almamy cemetery at Mboumba
  • The old mosque at Mboumba
  • The mosque and mausoleum of Ouro Madiou
  • The mosque of Diama Alwaly
  • The old village of Walaldé
  • The old village of Siouré
  • The old village of Kaskas
  • The mosque of Guédé Ouro
  • The old village of Tioubalel