The Communes of Senegal are the fourth-level administrative divisions in

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

(below country, region and department). There are some 121 communes in Senegal which have urban status (''communes de ville''), apart from 46 ''communes d'arrondissement'' in the large towns and 370 rural communities (''communautés rurales'') in the countryside.

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Dakar Region

Dakar Department

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

(19 communes d'arrondissement)

Guédiawaye Department Guédiawaye is a city in the Guédiawaye Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying on the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast of Dakar city centre, in 2013 it had a population of 329,659. Until the mid-2000s, the département was part of Pi ...

* Guediawaye (5 communes d'arrondissement)

Pikine Department

Pikine Pikine is a city in the Pikine Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying to the east of Dakar city centre, at the 2013 Census it had a population of 1,170,791. The department includes the villages of Yeumbeul, Thiaroye, Mbao, and Keur Mas ...

(16 communes d'arrondissement)

Rufisque Department

Rufisque Rufisque (; Wolof: Tëngeéj) is a city in the Dakar region of western Senegal, at the base of the Cap-Vert Peninsula east of Dakar, the capital. It has a population of 295,459 (2023 census).

(3 communes d'arrondissement) * Bargny *

Diamniadio Diamniadio is a town and urban commune in Senegal. History Diamniadio is a part of the collective development program of the government of Senegal under the leadership of President Macky Sall to revitalize Senegal's economy. The development of ...

* Sébikhotane * Jaxaay-Parcelle-Niakoul Rap * Sangalkam *

Sendou Bargny (also, Bargny-Gouddau and Bargny Gouddou) is a settlement and urban commune in Senegal. It is located in a somewhat sheltered bay about 15 km to the east of the capital, Dakar. Environment The community has a number of severe envir ...

Diourbel Region

Bambey Department

Bambey Bambey is a town and urban commune located in the Diourbel Region of Senegal. It will host the Petanque events at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics The 2026 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games and ...

Diourbel Department

Diourbel Diourbel (; Serer language, Serer: ''Jurbel'', Wolof language, Wolof: ''Njaaréem'') is a town and urban commune in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local peanut, groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbe ...

Mbacké Department Mbacké (Mbàkke in Wolof) is a city and urban commune in central Senegal, located east of Dakar. It is the capital of an administrative department in the Diourbel region. Along with the nearby city of Touba, Mbacké forms an urban conurbatio ...

Mbacké Mbacké (Mbàkke in Wolof) is a city and urban commune in central Senegal, located east of Dakar. It is the capital of an administrative department in the Diourbel region. Along with the nearby city of Touba, Mbacké forms an urban conurbat ...

Fatick Region

Fatick Department

Diakhao Diakhao ( Serer proper : Jaxaaw) is a small town and commune in the Fatick Region in the west of Senegal. History Diakhao was the last capital of the pre-colonial Serer Kingdom of Sine. It has several sites classified as historical monuments ...

Diofior Diofior (or Dioffior) is a town and urban commune in Fatick Department in Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Ma ...

Fatick Fatick (; ; ) is a town and urban commune in Senegal, located between M'bour and Kaolack and inhabited by the Serer people. Its 2023 population was at 39,361. It is the capital of the Fatick Region and the Fatick Department. Toponymy Its n ...

Foundiougne Department

* Foundiougne * Karang Poste *

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Sokone Sokone is a town in the Fatick Region of central Senegal. Sokone is a tranquil town on the south-eastern Sine-Saloum Delta amid the mangroves. It is located on the N5 road from Kaolack to Banjul, 50 km south of Kaolack and 66 km nort ...

* Soum

Gossas Department

Gossas Gossas is a town and urban commune in Fatick Region in western Senegal, about 90 km from the capital Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, d ...

Kaffrine Region

Birkilane Department

Birkilane Birkilane (or Birkelane) is a town and urban commune in Senegal. It is the principal municipality and administrative centre of Birkilane Department in Kaffrine Region, about 30 km from the town of Kaolack. History Birkelane was founded aro ...

Kaffrine Department Kaffrine department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, and is located in the Kaffrine Region, formerly part of the Kaolack Region. The main settlements are the communes of Kaffrine Kaffrine (Wolof: Kafrin) is the capital town of Kaff ...

Kaffrine Kaffrine (Wolof: Kafrin) is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal. Agriculture Kaffrine lies in Senegal's Peanut Basin. Peanuts are the second most common crop for the people of Kaffrine, only behind Millet. Both crops are grown by ...

Nganda Nganda is a town and urban commune of the Kaffrine Department in the Kaffrine Region of Senegal, lying close to the border with Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The G ...

Koungheul Department

* Koungheul

Malem Hodar Department

* Malem-Hodar

Kaolack Region

Guinguinéo Department Guinguinéo is a township and urban commune in Kaolack Region in the center of Senegal, situated 22 km to the northeast of Kaolack. Before 1956, Guinguinéo experienced the phenomenon of kingdoms piloted by a succession of kings of whom the ...

* Guinguinéo * Mboss Soum * Fass Soum

Kaolack Department

* Gandiaye *

Kahone Kahone ( Serer proper: Ka-Woon (variations: KawoonDione, Salif, "L'appel du ndut, ou, L'initiation des garçons seereer." IFAN, 2004, p. 85. or Kawon)–meaning the ancestor, "the one who was" in Serer)) is a town and urban commune near Kaolack, ...

Kaolack Kaolack (; ) is a town with a population of 298,904 (2023 census) on the north bank of the Saloum River about from its mouth and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south. Kaolack ...

* Ndoffane * Sibassor Soum

Nioro du Rip Department Nioro is the name of two towns in West Africa West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of B ...

Nioro du Rip Nioro du Rip is a town and urban commune in the south-west of Sénégal, situated about to the south-west of Kaolack and from the border with The Gambia. History The town of Nioro du Rip was the capital of Rip (a kingdom of the marabout l ...

* Keur Madiabel Soum

Kédougou Region Kédougou (Wolof language, Wolof: Keédugu) is a town in the Kédougou Region of south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea. It lies at an elevation of above sea level. Founded by the Malinké , Malinké people, Kédougou means ...

Kédougou Department Kédougou (Wolof: Keédugu) is a town in the Kédougou Region of south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea. It lies at an elevation of above sea level. Founded by the Malinké people, Kédougou means the "Land of Man". The to ...

Kédougou Kédougou ( Wolof: Keédugu) is a town in the Kédougou Region of south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea. It lies at an elevation of above sea level. Founded by the Malinké people, Kédougou means the "Land of Man". The t ...

Salémata Department Salémata is a small town with commune status in south-east Senegal. It is the chief settlement of the Salémata Department in the Kédougou Region. It lies close to the Niokolo-Koba National Park and the Dindefelo Falls, close to the border w ...

Salémata Salémata is a small town with commune status in south-east Senegal. It is the chief settlement of the Salémata Department in the Kédougou Region. It lies close to the Niokolo-Koba National Park and the Dindefelo Falls, close to the border w ...

Saraya Department

* Saraya

Kolda Region

Kolda Department

Kolda Kolda (; Wolof: Koldaa) is a city and urban commune located in southern Senegal. It is the capital city of Kolda Region and Kolda Department, a region known historically and popularly as Haute Casamance. History The name Kolda derives from th ...

* Dabo Soum * Salikégné Dabo Soum * Dabo Soum

Médina Yoro Foulah Department Médina Yoro Foulah is one of the 46 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 ''régi ...

Médina Yoro Foulah Médina Yoro Foulah is a small town with commune status in south Senegal. It is the chief settlement of Médina Yoro Foulah Department in Kolda Region, close to the border with Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is ...

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Vélingara Department Vélingara is a city and urban commune situated in the Kolda Region of Senegal. It is located slightly north of the large 48 km Vélingara crater though the structure's impact origin is still unconfirmed.S. Wade, M. Barbieri, J. Lichtenegger (2 ...

Vélingara Vélingara is a city and urban commune situated in the Kolda Region of Senegal. It is located slightly north of the large 48 km Vélingara crater though the structure's impact origin is still unconfirmed.S. Wade, M. Barbieri, J. Lichtenegger (2 ...

* Kounkané * Diaobé-Kabendou

Louga Region

Kébémer Department Kébémer is a town with commune status in Louga Region in north-west Senegal, lying midway between Thiès and Saint-Louis. It is the chief settlement, with a population of 27,305 in 2023, of the department of the same name. History The town w ...

Kébémer Kébémer is a town with commune status in Louga Region in north-west Senegal, lying midway between Thiès and Saint-Louis. It is the chief settlement, with a population of 27,305 in 2023, of the department of the same name. History The town w ...

Guéoul Guéoul is a town and urban commune in the Louga Region of Senegal. The population in 2023 was 10,547, an increase from the 8,004 counted in 2013 The section of the railway line Dakar- Saint-Louis and Louga Louga (; Wolof: Luga) is a city ...

Linguère Department Linguère (or Lingeer in SererKlein, Martin A. "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914." Edinburgh University Press (1968) pp 11-15 & 262 and Wolof) is a town and urban commune located in the Linguère Department, Louga Re ...

Dahra Dahra (also Dahra Djoloff or Dara) is a town of commune status located in the Louga Region of Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borde ...

Linguère Linguère (or Lingeer in SererKlein, Martin A. "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914." Edinburgh University Press (1968) pp 11-15 & 262 and Wolof) is a town and urban commune located in the Linguère Department, Louga Re ...

* Mbeuleukhé

Louga Department

Louga Louga (; Wolof: Luga) is a city in northwestern Senegal. Louga is a cattle market centre, and has road and rail links with the port city of Saint-Louis to the northwest and Dakar to the southwest. The area surrounding Louga is at the northe ...

* Ndiagne

Matam Region

Kanel Department

* Dembakané * Hamady Hounaré *

Kanel Kanel (Hassaniya Arabic: ) is a town and urban commune in the Matam Region of northeastern Senegal. It is the capital of the Kanel Department. The population in 2023 was 15,244, an increase from the 12,975 counted in 2013. The town received com ...

* Semmé * Sinthiou Bamambé-Banadji * Waounde * Odobere

Matam Department Matam department is one of the 46 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 ...

* Matam * Ourossogui *

Thilogne Thilogne (Thilouki in Pulaar) is a town in northeast Senegal with the status of a commune. It lies in the Matam Department of Matam Region, from Kaédi, Mauretania and connected to Dakar via the N2 road. In 2023 Thilogne had a population of ...

* Nguidilogne

Ranérou Ferlo Department

Ranérou Ranérou is a small town with commune status in north-east Senegal. It is the chief settlement of Ranérou-Ferlo Department in Matam Region and is connected to Dakar and Touba to the west and Ouro Sogui Ouro Sogui or Ourossogui lies in Matam ...

Saint-Louis Region

Dagana Department

* Dagana * Gaé *

Richard Toll Richard Toll is a town and urban commune in northern Senegal, lying on the south bank of the River Senegal, just east of Rosso. Originally a colonial town, it was named for the park of the Château de Baron Roger, laid out by botanist Jean Mic ...

Ross Béthio Ross Béthio is a town of commune status in the Dagana Department in Saint-Louis Region of Senegal. The population in 2023 was 16,225. The town lies on the N2 road connecting it to Saint-Louis and Dakar to the west and Richard Toll Richar ...

Rosso Rosso is the major city of south-western Mauritania and capital of Trarza Region, Trarza region. It is situated on the Senegal River at the head of the river zone allowing year-round navigation. The town is 204 km south of the capital Nouakc ...

* N'Dombo Sandjiry

Podor Department

* Aéré Lao *

Bodé Lao Bodé is a settlement in Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali� ...

* Démette * Galoya Toucouleur * Golléré *

Guédé The Gede () are the family of lwa, spirits or deities associated with Ancestor worship in Haitian Vodou, that represent the powers of death and fertility. They are often said to be found at burial sites, where they escort the deceased to their ...

* Mboumba * Niandane * Ndioum * Pété *

Podor Podor ( Wolof: Podoor) is the northernmost town in Senegal, lying on Morfil Island between the Sénégal River and Doué River on the border with Mauritania. It was the location of the ancient state Takrur. It is home to a ruined French colon ...

* * Walaldé

Saint-Louis Department

* Saint-Louis * Mpal

Sédhiou Region Sédhiou (Wolof: Seéju) is a town of Senegal, in Casamance, Casamance area, nearby the Casamance River, Casamance river, with a population of 31,511 in 2023. It is the capital of the Sédhiou Region. History Sedhiou was originally a Banyun peo ...

Bounkiling Department

Bounkiling Bounkiling is a town of commune status in the Sédhiou Region of Senegal. It is the capital of the Bounkiling Department. The population in 2013 was 6,416, an increase from the 2,651 counted in 2002. PEPAM The town lies on the important N4 road ...

* Madina Wandifa * N'Diamacouta

Goudomp Department

* Diattacounda *

Goudomp Goudomp is a town and urban commune in the Sédhiou Region of Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Sene ...

* Samine * Tanaff

Sédhiou Department Sédhiou (Wolof: Seéju) is a town of Senegal, in Casamance area, nearby the Casamance river, with a population of 31,511 in 2023. It is the capital of the Sédhiou Region. History Sedhiou was originally a Banyun settlement located at an imp ...

* Diannah Malary * Marsassoum *

Sédhiou Sédhiou (Wolof: Seéju) is a town of Senegal, in Casamance area, nearby the Casamance river, with a population of 31,511 in 2023. It is the capital of the Sédhiou Region. History Sedhiou was originally a Banyun settlement located at an imp ...

Tambacounda Region

Bakel Department

* Bakel * Diawara *

Kidira Kidira is a town and urban commune in Tambacounda Region of eastern Senegal, lying near the Malian border. Its population in 2023 was 13,551. Transport It is an important transport hub and lies on the N1 and N2 roads, the Dakar – Bamako ...

Goudiry Department

Goudiry Goudiry is the chief town and an urban commune of the department of Goudiry Department, Goudiry in the region of Tambacounda Region, Tambacounda in the east of Senegal. The commune has a population of 10,540. Transport It lies on the N1 road (S ...

* Kothiary Diattacounda

Koumpentoum Department

Koumpentoum Koumpentoum is a town and urban commune in the Tambacounda Region of central Senegal. In 2023 it had a population of 15,723 Koumpentoum was for centuries the capital of the Kingdom of Niani Niani was a Mandinka kingdom located on the north bank ...

* Malem Niani

Tambacounda Department

Tambacounda Tambacounda (; Wolof: Tambaakundaa ) is the largest city in eastern Senegal, southeast of Dakar, and is the regional capital of the province of the same name. Its population in 2023 was 149,071. Geography Tambacounda is situated on the sparsel ...

Thiès Region Thiès (; ; Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. It is the capital of Thiès Regio ...

M'bour Department

Joal-Fadiouth Joal-Fadiouth is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region at the end of the Petite Côte of Senegal, south-east of Dakar. ''Joal'' lies on the mainland, while ''Fadiouth'', linked by a bridge, lies on an island of clam shells, which are al ...

M'Bour M'Bour or Mbour (; Wolof: ''Mbuur''), is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite Côte, approximately south of Dakar. It is home to a population of 284,189 (2023 census). The city's major industries are tourism, fishing a ...

Ngaparou Ngaparou (or N'gaparu) is a coastal town with commune status in western Senegal (about 75 km south of Dakar), located in M'Bour Department and Thiès Region on the Petite Côte, near Saly. It is adjacent to the town of Somone and it shares ...

Nguékhokh Nguékhokh is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region of western Senegal. It is located in the M'bour Department. The population in 2023 was 47,964 an increase from the 27,033 counted in 2013. The town received commune status in 1996. It i ...

* Popenguine-Ndayane Diattacounda *

Saly Saly (also called Sali or Saly Portudal) is a seaside resort and urban commune in Thiès Region on the Petite Côte of Senegal, south of Dakar. It is a major tourist destination in Senegal. History Saly was originally a Portuguese trading post kn ...

* Somone Diattacounda * Thiadiaye

Thiès Department Thiès (; ; Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. It is the capital of Thiès Region ...

Thiès Thiès (; ; Noon language, Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road (Senegal), N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and Saint-Louis, ...

(3 communes d'arrondissement) *

Kayar ''Kayar'' () is a 1978 Malayalam epic novel written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. Widely considered one of the most seminal works in Malayalam literature, ''Kayar'' received many major literary awards, including the Vayalar Award. Plot su ...

Diattacounda * Khombole * Pout

Tivaouane Department

Mboro Mboro is a town and urban commune in the Thiès Region of western Senegal. It is located in the Tivaouane Department. The population in 2023 was 40,811. The town received commune status in 2002. Mboro is situated 25 km west of Tivaouane and 1 ...

Meckhe Meckhe is a town and urban commune in Senegal, which is located in the north-west of the country, between Dakar and Saint-Louis. It lies in the department of Tivaouane within the region of Thiès. It had a population of 27,566 in 2023, mostly of ...

Tivaouane Tivaouane or Tivawan (; ) is a city and urban commune located in the Thiès Region of Senegal. History Tivaouane was part of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor, and was at one time its capital. It was first described to Europeans in the 15th century by ...

Ziguinchor Region

Bignona Department

Bignona Bignona is a town with commune status located in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal ( Casamance). It briefly appears in the 2004 Spanish movie '' Binta and the Great Idea.'' Its population in 2023 was 28,642. Notable people * Landing Savané, p ...

Diouloulou Diouloulou is a small town and commune in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal. In 2002, the town had a population of 2,725. The village of Diouloulou was the capital of the rural community of Diouloulou and o ...

Thionck Essyl Thionck Essyl (also called Tionk Essil) is a small town and urban commune in Ziguinchor, Senegal, located 65 km north-west of the region capital. Etymology The name of the town means "cook remaining crouched." History The origins of the t ...

Oussouye Department

Oussouye Oussouye (or Husuy in JolaWilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.) is a small town and urban commu ...

Ziguinchor Department

Ziguinchor Ziguinchor (; ; ) is the capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River. It has a population of 214,874 (2023 census). It is the eighth largest city of Senegal ...

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