Senegal Regions (original) (raw)

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Updates:

Sorin Cosoveanu showed me where to find the final results of the 2013 census.

Newsletter II-2, an update to the ISO 3166-2 standard, is dated 2010-06-30. It assigns ISO codes to the three new regions created in 2008. "Geopolitical Entities and Codes", the successor to FIPS standard 10-4, was first published in 2010-04. It also gives codes for these regions.

FIPS Publication Change Notice No. 10, affecting FIPS PUB 10-4, was issued on 2006-03-23. It assigns a new FIPS code to the new Matam region, and changes the codes for two old regions. This suggests that the FIPS people think that Matam region also incorporated part of Louga. ISO 3166-2 Newsletter number I-5, dated 2003-09-05, shows the creation of Matam.

Country overview:

Short name SENEGAL
ISO code SN
FIPS code SG
Language French (fr)
Time zone +0
Capital Dakar

In 1900, present-day Senegal was part of French Sudan. In 1904, it became part of the gouvernement g�n�ral of French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Fran�aise, or A.O.F.). A.O.F. initially comprised the French colonies of Ivory Coast, Dahomey, French Guinea, Senegal, and Upper Senegal and Niger. The name of Upper Senegal and Niger was changed to French Sudan on 1920-12-04. French Sudan and Senegal formed the Federation of Mali on 1959-04-04. On 1960-06-20, the Federation of Mali became independent. It split up into its two original components, Sudan and Senegal, on 1960-08-22. Senegal and The Gambia formed a federation called Senegambia from 1982-02-01 to 1989-09-21.

Other names of country:

  1. Danish: Senegal
  2. Dutch: Senegal, Republiek Senegal (formal)
  3. English: Republic of Senegal (formal)
  4. Finnish: Senegal
  5. French: S�n�gal, R�publique f du S�n�gal m (formal)
  6. German: Senegal n
  7. Italian: Senegal m
  8. Norwegian: Senegal, Republikken Senegal (formal)
  9. Portuguese: Senegal, Rep�blica f do Senegal m (formal)
  10. Russian: Республика Сенегал (formal)
  11. Spanish: Senegal, Rep�blica f de Senegal m (formal)
  12. Swedish: Senegal
  13. Turkish: Senegal Cumhuriyeti (formal)

Origin of name:

from ethnic name

Primary subdivisions:

Senegal is divided into fourteen r�gions (regions).

Region HASC ISO FIPS Population Area(km.�) Area(mi.�)
Dakar SN.DK DK SG01 3,137,196 550 212
Diourbel SN.DB DB SG03 1,497,455 4,359 1,683
Fatick SN.FK FK SG09 714,392 7,935 3,064
Kaffrine SN.KF KA SG16 566,992 11,853 4,576
Kaolack SN.KC KL SG10 960,875 4,157 1,605
K�dougou SN.KG KE SG17 151,357 16,896 6,524
Kolda SN.KO KD SG11 662,455 13,718 5,297
Louga SN.LG LG SG13 874,193 29,188 11,270
Matam SN.MT MT SG15 562,539 25,083 9,685
Saint-Louis SN.ST SL SG14 908,942 19,044 7,353
S�dhiou SN.SD SE SG18 452,994 7,293 2,816
Tambacounda SN.TB TC SG05 681,310 42,706 16,489
Thi�s SN.TH TH SG07 1,788,864 6,601 2,549
Ziguinchor SN.ZG ZG SG12 549,151 7,339 2,834
14 regions 13,508,715 196,722 75,955
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO standard 3166-2. FIPS: "Geopolitical Entities and Codes." Population: 2013-11-19 census (source [6]). Capital: Capitals have the same names as their regions.

Further subdivisions:

See the Departments of Senegal page.

The regions are divided into 34 d�partements, which are further subdivided into arrondissements.

Territorial extent:

The UN LOCODE page for Senegal lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Origins of names:

Dakar: Wolof n'dakar: tamarind tree (answer to a misunderstood inquiry)

Change history:

  1. 1960-08-22: Senegal became a separate and independent country. It had formerly been divided into cercles, and the cercles into cantons. Upon independence, it created a new administrative structure, consisting of 7 regions, which were subdivided into 27 departments, which in turn were divided into 85 arrondissements, with villages at the lowest level. The arrondissements each consisted of one or more of the old cantons. In a parallel structure, there were also 34 municipalities or urban communes. Of these, only the regions and communes were self-governing. Cap Vert region had a special structure. From 1961-01 it was divided into 6 arrondissements.
  2. 1976-06-26: Louga region split from Diourbel.
Region FIPS Pop-1976 Pop-1970 Pop-1960 Area(mi.�) Capital
Cap Vert SG01 954,642 649,000 444,000 212 Dakar
Casamance SG02 712,248 601,000 530,000 10,943 Ziguinchor
Diourbel SG03 411,837 607,000 503,000 1,681 Diourbel
Fleuve SG04 493,462 372,000 345,000 17,033 Saint-Louis
Louga SG08 394,972 11,268 Louga
S�n�gal Oriental SG05 280,379 227,000 151,000 23,006 Tambacounda
Sine-Saloum SG06 973,226 772,000 727,000 9,243 Kaolack
Thi�s SG07 686,291 527,000 410,000 2,548 Thi�s
Total 4,907,057 3,754,000 3,110,000 75,934
FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard. Pop-1976: 1976-04-16 population (source [4]). Pop-1970: 1970-07 population. Pop-1960: 1960-07 population, rounded to nearest 1,000 (source [3]).
  1. 1984-03-24: Casamance region split into Kolda and Ziguinchor; Sine-Saloum region split into Fatick and Kaolack; name of Cap Vert region changed to Dakar; name of Fleuve changed to Saint-Louis; name of S�n�gal Oriental changed to Tambacounda. One effect of these changes was that every region was divided into three departments.
  2. 2002-02-21: Matam region split from Saint-Louis (former HASC code SN.SL). This left Senegal with the following eleven regions:
Region HASC ISO FIPS Population Area(km.�) Area(mi.�)
Dakar SN.DK DK SG01 2,411,528 550 212
Diourbel SN.DB DB SG03 930,008 4,359 1,683
Fatick SN.FK FK SG09 639,075 7,935 3,064
Kaolack SN.KL KL SG10 1,128,128 16,010 6,181
Kolda SN.KD KD SG11 834,753 21,011 8,112
Louga SN.LG LG SG13 559,268 29,188 11,270
Matam SN.MT MT SG15 291,555 25,083 9,685
Saint-Louis SN.ST SL SG14 571,885 19,044 7,353
Tambacounda SN.TC TC SG05 530,332 59,602 23,012
Thi�s SN.TH TH SG07 1,348,637 6,601 2,549
Ziguinchor SN.ZG ZG SG12 557,606 7,339 2,834
11 regions 9,802,775 196,722 75,955
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO standard 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard. Population: 2001-01-01 estimate, provided by Karem Abdalla. Capital: Capitals have the same names as their regions.
  1. 2008-09-10: Kaffrine region split from Kaolack (former HASC code SN.KL). K�dougou region split from Tambacounda (SN.TC). S�dhiou region split from Kolda (SN.KD). They had previously been departments with the same names. Eleven new departments were created at that time. The law approving this change was passed on 2008-02-01; the decree took effect on 2008-09-10 (source [1]). The governors of the new regions were installed on 2008-09-01 through 2008-09-03.

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Dakar: Cap Vert (obsolete); Dacar (Portuguese)
  2. Saint-Louis: Fleuve, Vall�e du Fleuve (obsolete)
  3. Tambacounda: S�n�gal Oriental (obsolete)

Sources:

  1. [1] Decree 2002-172, Gouvernement du S�n�gal website at http://www.gouv.sn/collect/2002\_172.html (dead link, retrieved 2003-07-14).
  2. [2] Economic, Social, Demographic analysis of Tambacounda, website of Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la D�mographie, http://www.ansd.sn/publications/analyse\_economique\_demographique\_sociale/SES\_Tamba\_2005.pdf (dead link, retrieved 2008-12-06).
  3. [3] Nelson, Harold D., et al. Area Handbook for Senegal, Washington, 1974. Cites Enqu�te D�mographique Nationale, 1970-71: R�sultats Provisoires du 1er Passage, Minist�re des Finances et d'Affaires �conomiques, Dakar 1971 for population and area data.
  4. [4] 1979 Demographic Yearbook , 31st Ed. Statistical Office, United Nations, New York, 1980 (retrieved 2011-12-28).
  5. [5] Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names. Vol. II. New York: United Nations, 1991.
  6. [6] Rapport D�finitif RGPHAE 2013 , p. 252. Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la D�mographie (retrieved 2014-10-05).