Dakar Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Dakar Region. For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar. The 11 Regions of Senegal are subdivided into 35 departments and 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function and by collectivités locales Dakar région is the smallest and most populated région of Senegal, encompassing the capital city of the country Dakar, and all
The département of Dakar is one of the four départements of the Dakar région, which is one of the 11 régions of Senegal. Dakar région is the smallest and most populated région of Senegal, encompassing the capital city of the country Dakar, and all |||} Senegal is subdivided into 11 regions ( régions, singular région) each of which is administered by a Conseil Régionaux elected by population The Dakar région encompasses the city of Dakar and all its suburbs along the Cape Verde Peninsula. Cap-Vert is a Peninsula in Senegal, and the westernmost part of the continent of Africa. Its territory is thus roughly the same as the territory of the metropolitan area of Dakar. Since the administrative reforms of 1996, the régions of Senegal, which until then were merely local administrative structures of the central state, have been turned into full-fledged political units, with democratically elected regional councils, and regional presidents. They were given extensive powers, and manage economic development, transportation, or environmental protection issues at the regional level, thus coordinating the actions of the communes below them.
The département of Dakar is divided into four arrondissements: Almadies, Grand Dakar, Parcelles Assainies (which literally means "drained lots"; this is the most populated arrondissement of Dakar), and Plateau/Gorée (downtown Dakar). The departments of Senegal are subdivided into Arrondissements The arrondissements are listed below by department Bakel Bala Diawara Plateau/Gorée is a Communes d'arrondissement, comprising the city center and oldest colonial section of the Commune of Dakar, Senegal. These arrondissements are quite different from the arrondissements of Paris, being merely local administrative structures of the central state, like the Senegalese départements, and are thus more comparable to French departmental arrondissements. The city of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux, more simply referred to as arrondissements (əˈɹɒndɨsmənt in The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts.
In 1996, a massive reform of the administrative and political divisions of Senegal was voted by the Parliament of Senegal. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The commune of Dakar, whose population approached 1 million inhabitants, was deemed too large and too populated to be properly managed by a central municipality, and so on August 30, 1996 Dakar was divided into 19 communes d'arrondissement. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and
These communes d'arrondissement were given extensive powers, and are very much like regular communes. They have more powers than the arrondissements of Paris, and are more akin to the London boroughs. The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. The commune of Dakar was maintained above these 19 communes d'arrondissement, and it coordinates the activities of the communes d'arrondissement, much as Greater London coordinates the activities of the London boroughs. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England.
The 19 communes d'arrondissement belong to either of the four arrondissements of Dakar, and the sous-préfet of each arrondissement is in charge of controlling the activities of the communes d'arrondissement in his arrondissement. Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: "make in front" i
Dakar Department includes the commune d'arrondissement of Dakar-Plateau (34,626 inhabitants), in the arrondissement of Plateau/Gorée, is the historical heart of the city, and most ministries and public administrations are located there. Dakar-Plateau is an arrondissement in the Dakar Department, and forms the central district of the city of Dakar. The densest and most populated commune d'arrondissement is Médina (136,697 inhabitants), in the arrondissement of Plateau/Gorée. The smallest one is the commune d'arrondissement of Île de Gorée (1,034 inhabitants), in the arrondissement of Plateau/Gorée. Île de Gorée (ie "Gorée Island" (pronounced /goʀe/ is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement (i
References
- (French) dakarville.sn - City of Dakar official website.
- (French) Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Government of Senegal. Politics of Senegal takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential, liberal democratic Republic, whereby the President of Senegal is "Situation économique et sociale du Sénégal", édition 2005, page 163 (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-03-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
- (French) Découpage administratif de la région de Dakar: Collectivités locales de la région de Dakar.
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