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Diourbel (; Serer: ''Jurbel'', Wolof: ''Njaaréem'') is a town and urban commune 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 ...
lying east of
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, ...
. It is known for its
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and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region. The population in 2023 was 157,554.


Transport

Diourbel lies on the N3 road linking it to
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 ...
and is also served by a junction station on the Dakar-Niger Railway. Both the railway and the N3 cross the River Sine in the town.


Climate


Twin towns – sister cities

Diourbel is twinned with: *
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, France


Notable people

*
Serigne Abdou Ahad Mbacké Serigne Abdou Ahad Mbacké (Serigne Abdul Ahad Mbacke; Wolof: Sëriñ Abdul Ahad Mbàkke; 1914-1989) was a Senegalese religious leader. He served as the third Caliph of the Mouride brotherhood, a large Sufi order based in Senegal, from 1968 unti ...
, the third
Mouride The Mouride brotherhood (, ''aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyyah'' or simply , ''al-Murīdiyyah'') is a large ''tariqa'' (Sufism, Sufi order) most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia with headquarters in the city of Touba, which is a holy city for t ...
caliph, was born in 1914 in Diourbel. * Seynabou Mbengue (born 1992), Senegalese footballer * Makhtar N'Diaye, former NBA player * Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (born 1990), writer and winner of the prestigious prix Goncourt


See also

* Railway stations in Senegal


References

Diourbel region Regional capitals in Senegal Populated places in Diourbel region Communes of Senegal {{Senegal-geo-stub