Bakel Department is one of the 45
departments of Senegal
The 14 regions of Senegal are subdivided into 46 departments and 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function) and by ''collectivités locales'' (the 14 ''régions'', 110 ''communes'', and 320 ''communautés rurales'') which ...
and one of the four making up the
Tambacounda Region
Tambacounda, formerly known as ''Sénégal Oriental'', is a region of Senegal. It used to be part of the Mali Empire before the borders were created to separate Mali from Senegal. Tambacounda is physically the largest of Senegal's 14 regions, but ...
in the east of the country. The department had an area of 22,378 km² and population estimate at 215,680 in 2005. However, in 2008 the department was split to form the new department of
Goudiry, so the area was reduced to estimated 6,290 km².
The department has three urban communes;
Bakel,
Diawara and
Kidira.
The rest of the department is divided administratively into three arrondissements which in turn are divided into rural communities (''communautés rurales''):
* Bélé Arrondissement
** Bélé
** Sinthiou Fissa
* Kéniaba Arrondissement
** Toumboura
** Sadatou
** Madina Foulbé
** Gathiary
* Moudéry Arrondissement
** Moudéry
** Ballou
** Gabou
Historic Sites
* René Caillé Pavilion in Bakel town
* Bakel Fort in Bakel town
* Cemetery of the Circumcised in Bakel town
* Previous "Comptoir" of the Maurel & Prom establishment in Bakel town
* Sacred hill of Ngoundéiny Guidimpalé in Bakel town
* Fort of Sénédébou, Arrondissement of Kidira
* Hill of Wouro Himadou and (purported) tomb of
Malick Sy, first Almamy (muslim ruler) of the Bundu
[ istoric site]
References
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Departments of Senegal
Tambacounda Region