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.

Tivaouane
Department
Location in the Thiès Region
Country	Senegal
Region	Thiès Region
Capital	Tivaouane
Area
• Total	3,121 km2 (1,205 sq mi)
Population  (2023 census)
• Total	650,067
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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