Pikine Department
Pikine department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up Dakar region. Its capital is Pikine. The department is divided into 2 arrondissements, each subdivided into communes de arrondissement: In the census of 2023 the population of the department was recorded at 758,554.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: department of Senegal with 759,000 residents
- Description: department of Senegal
- Also known as: “Pikine” and “Pikine department”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stade Al Djigo and Urban Nature Reserve of the Great Niaye of Pikine and Dependency.
Stade Al Djigo
Stadium
Stade Alassane Djigo is a multi-use stadium in Pikine, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of AS Pikine. The stadium holds 10,000 spectators. Sometimes AS Douanes play its matches at the stadium.
Urban Nature Reserve of the Great Niaye of Pikine and Dependency
Park
Photo: Pacocreat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Urban Nature Reserve of the Great Niaye of Pikine and Dependency is a park, which is situated 6 km west of Pikine Department.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keur Massar department and Thiaroye.
Keur Massar department
Town
Keur Massar department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, located at the entrance to the Cap-Vert peninsula, east of Dakar.
Thiaroye
Town
Photo: Jean Cormon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thiaroye is the name of a historic town in Sénégal, situated in the suburbs of Dakar, on the southeast coast of the Cap-Vert peninsula, between Pikine and Rufisque.
Parcelles Assainies
Suburb
Parcelles Assainies is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2013 it had a population of 159,498. Parcelles Assainies is situated 9 km west of Pikine Department.
Pikine Department
- Location: Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Pikine Department” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pikine Department”
- Chinese: “Pikine Koān”
- Chinese: “皮金省”
- Dutch: “Pikine Department”
- French: “Département de Pikine”
- French: “Pikine”
- Galician: “Departamento de Pikine”
- German: “Departement Pikine”
- German: “Pikine”
- Italian: “dipartimento di Pikine”
- Italian: “Dipartimento di Pikine”
- Japanese: “ピキン県”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pikine Koān”
- Persian: “پیکین”
- Portuguese: “Pikine”
- Russian: “Пикин”
- Russian: “Пикине”
- Spanish: “Departamento de Pikine”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tiaroye Kaw and Yeumbeul sud.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Périmètre de Reboisement de Mbaw and Lac Warouwaye.
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