Pikine is a city in the Pikine Department of the Dakar 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–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

. Lying to the east of

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 ...

city centre, at the 2013 Census it had a population of 1,170,791. The department includes the villages of Yeumbeul,

Thiaroye Thiaroye (or Tiaroye) is the name of a historic town in Sénégal, situated in the suburbs of Dakar, on the southeast coast of the Cap-Vert peninsula, between Pikine and Rufisque. Since the administrative reform in 1996, Thiaroye has been divid ...

, Mbao, and Keur Massar Malika. Until the mid-2000s, it also included

Guédiawaye 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 P ...

, which now forms a separate Department. The city was founded in 1952 by the colonial government for former residents of Dakar who were relocated for new developments. This original city is now known as "Old Pikine", while an informal community has grown up around it. The Grande Niaye de Pikine, a green area known for

market gardening A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants. The diversity of crops grown on a small area of land, typically from under to s ...

, lies to the north west of Pikine. The Mbeubeusse Landfill, the Dakar region's sole waste facility, is situated in Pikine.‘Villes ciblées – Décharge de Mbeubeuss : Analyse des impacts et amélioration des conditions de vie et de l’environnement à Diamalaye (Malika), Dakar’ (Dakar: Institut Africain de Gestion Urbaine (IAGU), 2011), 9.

Notable people

* Pape Cissé, footballer *

Mbaye Diagne Mbaye Diagne (18 March 195831 May 1994) was a Senegalese military officer who served in Rwanda as a United Nations military observer from 1993 to 1994. During the Rwandan genocide, he undertook many missions on his own initiative to save the li ...

, military officer and United Nations Military observer who was credited with saving many lives during the

Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Gre ...

grew up in Pikine *

Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland is a Senegalese writer. She writes about immigration in France and Africa . She is a French-Senegalese citizen and she was born in 1972 in Pikine, Senegal. At the age of 12 to 13 she begins to write her first texts and ...

, writer *

Bamba Dieng Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke Dieng (born 23 March 2000) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Angers, on loan from club Lorient, and the Senegal national team. Club career Dieng began his career with Diamba ...

, footballer *

Cheikhou Dieng Cheikhou Dieng (born 23 November 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Sandefjord Dieng began his career at Ndar Guedj in Senegal. For the 2012 season he moved to Norwegian First Division club Sandef ...

, footballer * Oumar Diouck, footballer * Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation of Senegal * Andreas Manga, footballer * Momar Ndoye, footballer * Mamadou Seck, politician *

Thione Seck Thione Ballago Seck (March 12, 1955 – March 14, 2021) was a Senegalese singer and songwriter in the mbalakh genre. Seck came from a family of griot singers from the Wolof people of Senegal. He first performed with Orchestre Baobab, but he la ...

, singer and songwriter.

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References

GeoHive: SenegalQuartiers du Monde: Histoires UrbainesProjet urbaDTKRUAF Foundation: Pikine (Dakar - Senegal)
Populated places in Dakar region Communes of Senegal {{Senegal-geo-stub