Pikine Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up Dakar Region. Its capital is Pikine.
The department is divided into 3 arrondissements, each subdivided into communes de arrondissement:
- Dagoudane Arrondissement:
- Dalifort
- Djidah Thiaroye Kaw
- Guinaw Rail Nord
- Guinaw Rail Sud
- Pikine Est
- Pikine Nord
- Pikine Ouest
- Niayes Arrondissement:
- Keur Massar
- Malika
- Yeumbeul Nord
- Yeumbeul Sud
- Thiaroye Arrondissement
- Diamaguène Sicap Mbao
- Thiaroye-Gare
- Thiaroye-sur-Mer
- Thiaroye-Diaksao
- Thiaroye-Mbao
- Population
In the census of 2002 the population of the department was recorded at 768,826.[1] In 2005 it was estimated at 834,246.
- Historic sites [2]
- Military Cemetery at Thiaroye