{{Short description|Region of Senegal}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Dakar region | native_name = {{nativename|fr|Région de Dakar}}<br>{{nativename|wo|Diiwaanu Ndakaaru}} | settlement_type = [[Regions of Senegal|Region]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = Logo_council_region_dakar.png | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map of the departments of the Dakar region of Senegal.png | map_alt = | map_caption = | image_map1 = Dakar in Senegal.svg | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = Dakar region highlighted in red inside [[Senegal]] | pushpin_map = <!-- Senegal --> | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|14|45|N|17|20|W|region:SN_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Senegal]] | established_title = | established_date = | parts_type = [[Departments of Senegal|Departments]] | p1 = [[Dakar department]] | p2 = [[Pikine department]] | p3 = [[Guédiawaye department]] | p4 = [[Rufisque department]] | blank_name_sec1 = [[Arrondissements of Senegal|Arrondissement]]s | blank_info_sec1 = 10<ref name="Dec2005">As of December 2005</ref> | blank1_name_sec1 = [[List of cities in Senegal|Commune]]s | blank1_info_sec1 = 7,<ref name="Dec2005" /> plus 2 ''communautés rurales'' | blank2_name_sec1 = Communes d'arrondissement | blank2_info_sec1 = 43<ref name="Dec2005" /> | blank_name_sec2 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021) | blank_info_sec2 = 0.607<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#fc0|medium}} · [[List of Senegalese regions by Human Development Index|1st]] | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = [[Dakar]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = [[Senegalese Democratic Party|PDS]]; since 2002 | leader_title = Regional president | leader_name = [[Abdoulaye Faye (politician)|Abdoulaye Faye]] | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 547 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4,004,427 | population_as_of = 2023 census | population_rank = 1st | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_rank = 1st | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset = +0 | postal_code_type = [[ISO 3166-2:SN|ISO 3166-2]] | postal_code = SN-DK | area_code_type = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = | official_name = | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = }}
'''Dakar region''' ({{langx|fr|Région de Dakar}}) is the smallest and most populated [[Regions of Senegal|region]] of [[Senegal]], encompassing the capital city of the country, [[Dakar]], and all its suburbs along the [[Cap Vert]] peninsula, [[Africa]]'s most westerly point.
==Administration== The Dakar region is divided into five départements (administrative structures without political power, unlike the French départements). The départements had the following areas and populations at the Census of 2023:
{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Département || Area (km<sup>2</sup>) || Population<br>census 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dakar (Region, Senegal) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/senegal/admin/SN01__dakar/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> |- | [[Dakar Department|Dakar]] ||align="right"|80|| align="right" |1,278,469 |- | [[Guédiawaye Department|Guédiawaye]] ||align="right"|13||align="right"|372,708 |- |[[Keur Massar Department|Keur Massar]] |align="right"|46 |align="right"|770,314 |- | [[Pikine Department|Pikine]]|| align="right" |42|| align="right" |764,597 |- | [[Rufisque Department|Rufisque]]|| align="right" |356|| align="right" |818,337 |- | ''Total Région de Dakar'' || align="right" |547|| align="right" |'''4,004,427''' |} [[Keur Massar department]] was formed in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ndarinfo |title=La création du département de Keur Massar officialisée |url=https://www.ndarinfo.com/La-creation-du-departement-de-Keur-Massar-officialisee_a31564.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=NDARINFO.COM {{!}} Les News du Sénégal et de l'Afrique |language=fr}}</ref>
===Dakar department=== [[Dakar department]] is also a [[commune (subnational entity)|commune]] (city). This is a situation comparable to [[Paris]] which is both a department and a ''commune''. The department/commune of Dakar is further divided into: *4 arrondissements, which are administrative structures without much power. The arrondissements are further divided into: **19 ''communes d'arrondissement'' (i.e. "communes of arrondissement"). The ''communes d'arrondissement'' have a lot of power, unlike the [[arrondissements of Paris]], and are more comparable to the [[London borough]]s.
=== Guédiawaye department=== [[Guédiawaye department]] is also a commune (city). This department has only one arrondissement, so that Guédiawaye is both a department and an arrondissement. The department /arrondissement/commune of Guédiawaye is further divided into: *5 ''communes d'arrondissement''
=== Pikine department=== [[Pikine department]] is also a commune (city). The department /commune of Pikine is further divided into: *3 arrondissements, which are further divided into: **16 ''communes d'arrondissement''
=== Rufisque department=== [[Rufisque department]] is made up of two arrondissements and six urban communes: *[[Rufisque]] arrondissement, which is also a commune (city). The arrondissement/commune of Rufisque is divided into 3 ''communes d'arrondissement'': ** Rufisque Centre (Nord) ** Rufisque Est ** Rufisque Ouest *[[Bambylor (arrondissement)|Bambylor]] arrondissement, which, administratively speaking, is the only rural part of the Dakar region. The Bambylor arrondissement is divided into 3 ''communautés rurales'' (i.e. "rural communities"): ** Yène ** Bambylor ** Tivaouane Peulh-Niaga * The six communes of [[Bargny, Senegal|Bargny]], [[Sébikotane]], [[Diamniadio]], [[Jaxaay-Parcelle-Niakoul Rap]], [[Sangalkam]] and [[Sendou]]
==Demographics== {{Historical populations | title= Historical population | percentages = pagr |1871|1,600 |1891|8,737 |1904|18,447 |1918|25,468 |1921|32,440 |1926|33,679 |1961|374,700 |1969|581,000 |1990|1,405,000 |1995|1,688,000 |2000|2,029,000 |2005|2,434,000 |2013|3,137,196 |2023|3,896,564 ||}}
==Table of administrative sub-divisions== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan=5 | Administrative divisions of the Dakar region |- !width="60"|[[Departments of Senegal|Département]]!!width="60"|Commune !!width="80"|[[Arrondissements of Senegal|Arrondissement]] !!width="80"|Commune d'arrondissement !!width="60"|Communauté rurale |- !width="60"|''Department / county / state'' !!width="60"|''City''!!width="80"|''Borough'' !!width="80"|''Neighborhood'' !!width="60"|''Rural borough'' |- | rowspan=19 | [[Dakar Department|Dakar]] || rowspan=19 | [[Dakar]] || rowspan=4 | [[Almadies Arrondissement|Almadies]] || [[Mermoz-Sacré-Cœur]]|| |- | [[Ngor]] || |- | [[Ouakam]] || |- | [[Yoff]] || |- | rowspan=5 | [[Dakar-Plateau|Dakar Plateau]] || [[Fann-Point E-Amitié]]|| |- | [[Gorée]] || |- | [[Gueule Tapée-Fass-Colobane]] || |- | [[Medina, Dakar|Médina]] || |- | [[Plateau]] || |- | rowspan=6 | [[Grand Dakar Arrondissment|Grand Dakar]] ||[[Biscuiterie]] || |- | [[Dieuppeul-Derklé]]|| |- | [[Grand Dakar]] || |- | [[Hann Bel-Air|Hann-Bel Air]] || |- | [[HLM]] || |- | [[Sicap-Liberté]] || |- | rowspan=4 |[[Parcelles Assainies Arrondissement|Parcelles Assainies]]||[[Cambérène]] || |- | [[Grand Yoff]] || |- | [[Parcelles Assainies]]|| |- | [[Patte d'Oie]] || |- | rowspan=5 | [[Guédiawaye Department|Guédiawaye]] || rowspan=5 | [[Guédiawaye]] ||rowspan=5 | Guédiawaye|| [[Golf Sud]]|| |- | [[Médina Gounass]] || |- | [[Ndiarème Limoulaye]]|| |- | [[Sam Notaire]] || |- | [[Wakhinane Nimzatt]]|| |- | rowspan=16 | [[Pikine Department|Pikine]] || rowspan=16 | [[Pikine]] ||rowspan=7 | [[Dagoudane Arrondissement|Dagoudane ]]||[[Dalifort]]|| |- | [[Djidah-Thiaroye Kaw]] || |- | [[Guinaw Rail Nord]]|| |- | [[Guinaw Rail Sud]]|| |- |[[Pikine Est]] || |- | [[Pikine Nord]] || |- | [[Pikine Ouest]] || |- | rowspan=4 |[[Niayes Arrondissement|Niayes]]||[[Keur Massar]] || |- |{{ill|Malika, Pikine|lt=Malika|fr|Malika (Pikine)}} || |- |[[Yeumbeul Nord]] || |- | [[Yeumbeul Sud]] || |- | rowspan=5 |[[Thiaroye]]||[[Diamaguène Sicap Mbao]]|| |- | [[Mbao]]|| |- | [[Thiaroye Gare]]|| |- | [[Thiaroye Sur Mer]]|| |- | [[Tivaouane Diaksao]]|| |- | rowspan=12 | [[Rufisque Department|Rufisque]] ||rowspan=12 | [[Rufisque Department|Rufisque]] ||rowspan=3 | [[Rufisque Arrondissement|Rufisque]] || [[Rufisque Est]]|| |- | [[Rufisque Nord]]|| |- | [[Rufisque Ouest]] || |- |rowspan=6 | [[Sangalkam Arrondissement|Sangalkam]] || [[Bargny, Senegal|Bargny]] |- | [[Diamnadio]] || |- | [[Jaxaay-Parcelle-Niakoul Rap]] || |- | || [[Sangalkam]] |- | [[Sébikotane]] || |- | [[Sendou]] || |- |- |rowspan=3 | [[Bambylor Arrondissement|Bambylor]] || || Bambylor |- | || Yène |- | || Tivaouane Peulh-Niaga |}
Within the Dakar region, the politically significant units (i.e. those who have elected officials and wield a significant power) are: the 7 communes, the 2 ''communautés rurales'', and the 43 ''communes d'arrondissement''.
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{in lang|fr}}[http://www.homeviewsenegal.sn/Cr-dakar/index2.htm Regional Council of Dakar official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311210312/http://www.homeviewsenegal.sn/Cr-dakar/index2.htm |date=2005-03-11 }} *{{in lang|fr}}[http://www.demarches.gouv.sn/infos.php?id_esp=1&id_info=6&type=info&collect=dakar ''Collectivités locales de Dakar'' from Republic of Senegal Government site, ''l'Agence de l'informatique de l'État (ADIE)''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208073111/http://www.demarches.gouv.sn/infos.php?id_esp=1&id_info=6&type=info&collect=dakar |date=2012-02-08 }} *{{in lang|fr}}[http://www.demarches.gouv.sn/collectivites-locales/pdf/decret-territoire.pdf Décret fixant le ressort territorial et le chef lieu des régions et des départements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512194734/http://www.demarches.gouv.sn/collectivites-locales/pdf/decret-territoire.pdf |date=2013-05-12 }}, décret n°2002-166 du 21 février 2002. *{{in lang|fr}}[http://www.demarches.gouv.sn/collectivites-locales/pdf/code-collec-locales-sen.pdf Code des collectivités locales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511042009/http://www.demarches.gouv.sn/collectivites-locales/pdf/code-collec-locales-sen.pdf |date=2011-05-11 }}, Loi n° 96-06 du 22 mars 1996. {{Regions of Senegal}} {{Authority control}}
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