Séssène is a locality 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 ...
, situated in the
M'bour Department and the
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 ...
, not far from
Thiadiaye.
It is the
chef-lieu
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of
Séssène Arrondissement, one of the
Arrondissements of Senegal
The departments of Senegal are subdivided into arrondissements. As of 2008 there were 133. The arrondissements are listed below, by department:
Bakel Department, Bakel
*Bélé Arrondissement
*Kéniaba Arrondissement
*Moudéry Arrondissement
Ba ...
.
Over run by the
Serer people
The Serer people (''Serer language, Serer proper'': Seereer or Sereer) are a West African ethnoreligious groupGastellu, Jean-Marc, ''Petit traité de matrilinarité. L'accumulation dans deux sociétés rurales d'Afrique de l'Ouest'', Cahiers ORST ...
,
[ Ousmane, Camara, "Mémoires d'un juge africain. Itinéraire d'un homme libre", p 20, KARTHALA Editions (2010),]
/ref> it derives its name from one of the most revered Serer families in Serer religion
The Serer religion or Serer spirituality (''Serer language, Serer:'' A Æat Roog, meaning "the way of the Divine", "path of God", or "religious life"Kalis, Simone, ''Médecine traditionnelle, religion et divination chez les Seereer Siin du Sénà ...
(the Sène family, see also Loul Sessène Loul Sessène (or Loul Séssène) is a village in Senegal located in the Sine-Saloum area, in the West of the country.
Administration
It is the chef-lieu of the rural community of Loul Sessène, located in the Fimela Arrondissement, of the Fatick ...
). The chief of Séssène as of 2010 is Demba Sène.[ Séssène nPEPA]
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References
Thiès region
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