{{refimprove|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name =Diourbel |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Department |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = Map of the departments of the Diourbel region of Senegal.png |mapsize =320px |map_caption = Location in the Diourbel Region |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Senegal}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Diourbel Region |subdivision_type2 =Capital |subdivision_name2 = Diourbel |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |<!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 1175<!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2023 census |population_footnotes = |population_note = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/senegal/admin/ Senegal: Administrative Division]</ref> |population_total = 344,108 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Diourbel department''' is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, one of the three constituting the Diourbel region.
There is one commune in the department, which is Diourbel.
The rural districts (''communautés rurales'') are:
* Ndindy Arrondissement ** Ndankh Sene ** Gade Escale ** Keur Ngalgou ** N'Dindy ** Taïba Moutoupha ** Touba Lappe * Ndoulo Arrondissement ** N'Doulo ** N'Gohe ** Patar ** Tocky-Gare ** Toure M'Bonde
;Historic sites <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?article4607 |title=Historic sites |access-date=2016-11-22 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030850/http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?article4607 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Grand Mosque of Diourbel * Prefecture * Railway station * Building housing the Post Office * Battlefield of Bounghoye * Battlefield of Ndiaby * Ibrahima Thioye school, Diourbel town * Baobab tree called "Gouye Sambaye Karang" in Keur Yéli Manel Fall Quarter, Diourbel town * Baobab tree called "Gouye Woté" in Ndiodione Quarter, Diourbel * Residence of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, Diourbel town * Battlefield of Sambé * Battlefield of Ngagnane, administrative centre of Diourbel * Sereer tombs at Ndayane and associated remains
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{{Departments of Senegal}} ==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Departments of Senegal Category:Diourbel region
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