Editing Thiès region

{{Short description|Region of Senegal}}
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'''Thiès''' is a region of western [[Senegal]]. The capital is also called [[Thiès]].

==Geography==
Thiès has two coastlines, one in the north with the [[Grande Côte]] housing the [[Niayes]] vegetable market, one to the south with the [[Petite Côte]], one of the tourist areas of Senegal.
 
Principally the main passageway between the peninsula and the rest of the country, the region of Thiès has received a communication route connected to the first rail line and new road infrastructure.
 
Thiès is relatively small, yet it is the most populous region after [[Dakar]], with a population of 2,467,523 inhabitants in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thiès (Region, Senegal) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/senegal/admin/SN13__thi%C3%A8s/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

The coastal communities are dependent on fishing, growing crops, and coastal tourism for subsistence. The interior of the region was the [[peanut]] basin. [[Phosphate]]s are also mined there.

==History==
{{Main|Timeline of Serer history}}
The Thiès Region has always been occupied by the [[Serer people]] since [[States headed by ancient Serer Lamanes|the ancient Serers]] and [[Timeline of Serer history|their ancestors]]. However, in the pre-colonial period, more so around the 16th century, the [[Wolof people|Wolof]] immigrants [[:Category:Ethnic groups in Senegal|among others]] have settled in.<ref name="Klein">Klein, Martin A., "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914", p. 7, [[Edinburgh University Press]] (1968), {{ISBN|0-85224-029-5}}</ref><ref name="Diange">Diange, Pathé. "Les Royaumes Sérères", [[Présence Africaine]]. No.54 (1965) p-p 142-72</ref><ref name="Ba">Ba, Abdou Bouri, "Essai sur l’histoire du Saloum et du Rip", Avant-propos par Charles Becker et Victor Martin. Publié dans le Bulletin de l’[[Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire]] (IFAN), pp 10-13</ref> Like the [[Fatick Region]], the entire Thiès Region is strongly Serer and one of the most important of [[:Category:Serer country|Serer country]].<ref name="Klein"/><ref name="Diange"/><ref name="Ba"/><ref>Encyclopædia Britannica, inc, "The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 29", ed : 13, [[Encyclopædia Britannica]], 2003, p 855-6, {{ISBN|0-85229-961-3}}</ref> It is also where many of the [[:Category:Serer holy places|Serer sacred]] and [[Serer ancient history|historical sites are found]]. The area is well represented by the [[Cangin languages|Cangin]], a sub-group of the Serers, who had a fierce reputation for protecting their country from outsiders in precolonial times as well as during the colonial-era (see [[Timeline of Serer history]] and [[Serer history (medieval era to present)|Serer medieval history]]).

Geographically, the region partially overlaps with the precolonial Kingdoms of [[Cayor]] and [[Baol]].<ref>{{in lang|fr}} Djibril Diop, "Décentralisation et gouvernance locale au Sénégal". ''Quelle pertinence pour le développement local ?'', Paris, L'Harmattan, 2006, p. 69 {{ISBN|2-296-00862-3}}</ref> The Kingdom of Baol was ruled by the [[Joof family]] for several centuries until [[Wiktionary:circa|c]] 1549. During the colonial-era, its development was supported by the railway line - [[Dakar-Saint-Louis railway|the Dakar-Saint-Louis railway]] in the late nineteenth century, and then with the [[Dakar–Niger Railway|Dakar-Niger railway]]. Thus Administratively, it is one of the oldest in the country.

==Administrative divisions==
Thiès region is divided into 3 [[Departments of Senegal|department]]s (départements), 14 [[Communes of Senegal|commune]]s (soon 15 communes in 2023), 12 [[arrondissement]]s, 32 communautés rurales and 3 communes d'arrondissement.

===Departments===
The region is divided<ref>{{in lang|fr}} Decree n°2002-166 of 21 February 2002 fixant le ressort territorial et le chef lieu des régions et des départements [http://www.demarches.gouv.sn/collectivites-locales/pdf/decret-territoire.pdf]</ref> into 3 departments as follows''':''
*[[M'bour department|M'bour département]]
*[[Thiès department|Thiès département]]
*[[Tivaouane department|Tivaoune département]]

===Communes===
In [[M'bour department|M'bour département]]:
*[[Akon City|Ville d'Akon]] (planned)
*[[M'bour]]
*[[Joal-Fadiouth]]
*[[Nguekokh Arrondissement|Nguekokh]]
*[[Ngaparou]]
*[[Popenguine-Ndayane]]
*[[Saly]]
*[[Somone]]
*[[Thiadiaye]]

In [[Thiès department|Thiès département]]:
*[[Kayar, Senegal|Kayar]]
*[[Khombole]]
*[[Pout, Senegal|Pout]]

In [[Tivaouane department|Tivaouane département]]:
*[[Tivaouane]]
*[[Mboro]]
*[[Meckhe]]

===Arrondissements===
In [[M'bour department|M'bour département]]:
*[[Fissel Arrondissement|Fissel]]
*[[Séssène Arrondissement|Séssène]]
*[[Sindia, Senegal|Sindia]]

In [[Thiès department|Thiès département]]:
*[[Thiès Nord]] 
*[[Thiès Sud]] 
*[[Keur Moussa Arrondissement|Keur Moussa]]
*[[Notto Arrondissement|Notto]]
*[[Thienaba Arrondissement|Thiénaba]]

In [[Tivaouane department|Tivaouane département]]:
*[[Meouane Arrondissement|Méouane]]
*[[Merina Dakhar Arrondissement|Médina Dakhar]]
*[[Niakhene Arrondissement|Niakhène]]
*[[Pambal Arrondissement|Pambal]]

===Communautés rurales===
[[File:Keur Simbara, Senegal (8592417042).jpg|thumb|Keur Simbara is a tiny village in Thiès near Dakar]]
In [[M'bour department|M'bour département]]:
*[[Fissel]]
*[[Ndiaganiao]]
*[[Nguéniène]]
*[[Sandiara]]
*[[Séssène]] 
*[[Malicounda]]
*[[Diass]]
*[[Sindia, Senegal|Sindia]]

In [[Thiès department|Thiès département]]:
*[[Diender Geudj]]
*[[Fandène]] 
*[[Keur Moussa]] 
*[[Notto]]
*[[Tassette]]
*[[Ndiayène Sirah]]
*[[Thiénaba]]
*[[Ngoudiane]]
*[[Touba Toul]]

In [[Tivaouane department|Tivaouane département]]:
*[[Méouane]]
*[[Taïba Ndiaye]]
*[[Darou-Khoudoss]]
*[[Koul]]
*[[Mérina Dakhar]]
*[[Pékesse]] 
*[[Nbayène]]
*[[Ngandiouf]]
*[[Niakhène]]
*[[Thilmakha]]
*[[Chérif Lo]]
*[[Mont Rolland]]
*[[Notto Gouye Diama]]
*[[Pambal]]
*[[Pire Gourèye]]

In 2003, the rural population was 769,884,<ref>{{in lang|fr}} Source : PEPAM [http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/acces.php?rubr=serv&idreg=07]</ref> grouped in 31 villages, in [[rural communities of Senegal|communautés rurales]].
{{Portal|Senegal|Geography}}

==Notable residents==

*[[Maurice Ndour]] (born 1992), basketball player for [[Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.|Hapoel Jerusalem]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.senegalaisement.com/senegal/decoupage_administratif_senegal.html List of administrative divisions in Senegal]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060128024343/http://www.ausenegal.com/collectivites-locales/thies.html Map of Thies region]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060303174532/http://www.cr-thies.sn/ Site on Thiès]

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