Fatick region

{{short description|Region of Senegal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Fatick region | native_name = {{nativename|fr|Région de Fatick}}<br>{{nativename|wo|Diiwaanu Fatik}} | settlement_type = [[Regions of Senegal|Region]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Fatick in Senegal.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Fatick in Senegal | image_map1 = Map of the departments of the Fatick region of Senegal.png | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = Fatick région, divided into 3 départements | pushpin_map =  | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|14|22|N|16|08|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|Départements]] | p1 = [[Fatick Department|Fatick]] | p2 = [[Foundiougne Department|Foundiougne]] | p3 = [[Gossas Department|Gossas]] | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = [[Fatick]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 6849 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 908,858 | population_as_of = 2023 census | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_rank = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset = +0 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.503<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|#900|low}} · [[List of Senegalese regions by Human Development Index|4th]] | website = | footnotes = }} {{Serer religion}}

'''Fatick''' is the southwest [[Regions of Senegal|region]] of the northern outcrop of [[Senegal]]. Its alternative name is Jinnak Bolon. The region is named for its capital city, [[Fatick]].<ref name="Fat">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.culture.gouv.sn/article.php3?id_article=112 Culture, demography, and Regional cultural center for Fatick region, Ministry of Culture, Senegal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117144347/http://www.culture.gouv.sn/article.php3?id_article=112 |date=2007-11-17 }}.</ref>

==History== {{main|Serer ancient history|Timeline of Serer history|Serer religion|Serer creation myth}}

The area is rich with [[Timeline of Serer history|Serer ancient]] and [[Serer history (medieval era to present)|medieval history]].<ref name="Becks">{{in lang|fr}} Becker, Charles, "Vestiges historiques, trémoins matériels du passé clans les pays sereer", [[Dakar]] (1993), CNRS - ORS TO M</ref><ref name="Gu">{{in lang|fr}} Gueye, Pape Samba, "Analyses des blocages de l'introduction des langues nationales dans l'enseignement elementaire formel au Senegal: etude dans la commune de Fatick", [[Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis]] (2010)</ref><ref name="Kas">{{in lang|fr}} [[Sine-Saloum]] [in] Kassoumay {{cite web |url=http://www.kassoumay.com/senegal/sine-saloum.html |title=Le Sénégal - Delta du Sine Saloum |access-date=2012-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604214343/http://www.kassoumay.com/senegal/sine-saloum.html |archive-date=2012-06-04 }} (Retrieved : 13 July 2012)</ref> Many of the [[Serer ancient history|ancient Serer sites]] are found within this region.<ref name="Becks"/><ref name="Kas"/> It is also [[:Category:Serer holy places|one of the holy places]] in the [[Serer religion]].<ref>''African Studies Quarterly'', Volume 14, Issue 3 (March 2014), "Fed Up: Creating a New Type of Senegal through the Arts", Guest Editors: Enz, Molly Krueger and Bryson, Devin, Published by the Center for African Studies, [[University of Florida]], p. 36 (note 5), {{ISSN|2152-2448}} [http://asq.africa.ufl.edu/files/Volume-14-Issue-3.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191904/http://asq.africa.ufl.edu/files/Volume-14-Issue-3.pdf |date=15 June 2018 }} (Retrieved 4 June 2018)</ref> The [[Xooy]] Ceremony (or ''Khoy''), a divination festival by the Serer priestly class (the [[Saltigue]]s) is held within this region once a year.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://lasenegalaise.com/index.php?lasenegalaise=infos&infos=societe&societe=17103# "Révélation de saltigué : Touba va accueillir la dépouille d’une célébrité venue de Dakar"] Xoy 2011 [in] La Sénégalaise, published 6/6/2011 (Retrieved : 13 July 2012)</ref> The population is overrun by the [[Serer people]]. Historically, it was part of the Serer pre-colonial [[Kingdom of Sine]].<ref name="Gu"/><ref name="Kas"/> In 1859, [[the Battle of Logandème]] took place within this region. It was a battle of resistance by the ''Siin-Siin'' (Serer people of Sine) against [[Second French Empire|French colonialism]]. It is called in some French scholarly works as the ''Battle of Fatick''.

==Departments== Fatick region is divided into 3 [[Department (country subdivision)|departments]]<ref name="Fat"/> ''':''' *[[Fatick department|Fatick département]] *[[Foundiougne department|Foundiougne département]] *[[Gossas department|Gossas département]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www.au-senegal.com/Carte-administrative-de-la-region,33.html Fatick region map] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130824232827/http://www.dooggle.com/La-Region-de-Fatick_a2.html La Region de Fatick] {{Regions of Senegal}} {{Serer topics|state=collapsed}}

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