Tivaouane Department

Tivaouane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three in the Thiès Region. Its capital is Tivaouane.

The department has three urban communes: Mboro, Meckhe and Tivaouane.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) comprise:

  • Arrondissement of Mérina Dakhar:
    • Mérina Dakhar
    • Koul
    • Pékèsse
  • Arrondissement of Méouane:
    • Méouane
    • Darou Khoudoss
    • Taïba Ndiaye
  • Arrondissement of Niakhène:
    • Niakhène
    • Mbayène
    • Thilmakha
    • Ngandiouf
  • Arrondissement de Pambal
    • Notto Gouye Diama
    • Mont Rolland
    • Pire Goureye
    • Chérif Lo

Historic sites 

Serigne Babacar Sy mosque

  • Tivaouane railway station
  • Building housing the Prefecture (old residence of the Commandant of the Cayor) Circle
  • Village of Longhor, historic and religious site
  • Villages of Soughère and Nguiguis, historical sites, secondary capitals of the Damels of Cayor
  • Village of Mboul, historic site, capital of the Damels
  • Mausoleum of Khaly Madiakhaté Kala at Keur Makala, Arrondissement of Niakhène
  • Mosque and Zawia of El Hadji Malick Sy (first constructed in 1904)
  • Serigne Babacar Sy Mosque
  • Mosquée et Zawia of the Kounta Family of Ndiassane
  • Grand Mosque of Pire
  • Mausoleum of Khaly Amar Fall at Pire